Rock Pop
Underground
Exhibition - M21 Gallery, Pécs
A collection of influential posters, often produced to promote concerts, festivals, demonstrations and other counter-culture events, will be on display.
These vibrantly colored posters are true masterpieces, combining psychedelic aesthetics with strong symbolic elements. They reflect the spirit of protest and experimentation of an era. Nowadays, graphic designers draw inspiration from this period while bringing a modern perspective to their work, demonstrating that this form of visual expression continues to evolve and resonate with our times. The exhibition will also spotlight equally design-led record sleeves that have helped, and continue to help, shape the visual identity of music groups. For the most part, they push the boundaries of graphic art. And some have become icons of musical graphic design. A true celebration of freedom of expression, more than 100 underground works produced from the 2000s onwards will be on show. These graphic artists, often on the bangs of the mainstream, have created works that defy norms and shake up expectations. While paying homage to their predecessors, whether Pop Art, the psychedelic forms of the 1960s or the punk style of the 1970s, the artworks on show reflect a constant desire for innovation. Visitors will discover striking posters, retro-futuristic album covers, bold illustrations and much more, all wrapped up in the rebellious spirit characteristic of underground graphic design. In addition, hundreds of alternative and underground publications from all over the world will be on display. Among them, American underground comics will be presented.
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Full list of featured artists :
JORGE ALDERETE (Mexico) – MARTIN ANDERSEN (UK) – JONATHAN BARNBROOK (UK) – FRANK BETTENCOURT (USA) – BIG ACTIVE (UK) – CHRIS BIGG (UK) – MICHEL BOUVET (France) – ANTHONY BURRILL (UK) – PETER CHADWICK (UK) – ART CHANTRY (USA) – EMEK (USA) – LAURENT FÉTIS (France) – FORM (UK) – FURY (France) – ANITA GALLEGO (France) – MONO GRINBAUM (Argentina) – IGOR GUROVICH (Armenia) – JIANPING HE (Germany) – GARY HOUSTON (USA) – MELCHIOR IMBODEN (Switzerland) – PEDRO INOUE (Brazil) – DENNIS LARKINS (USA) – ALAIN LE QUERNEC (France) – YANN LEGENDRE (France) – LISA LOTITO (USA) – ALEJANDRO MAGALLANES (Mexico) – MIKE MCINNERNEY (UK) – STANLEY MOUSE (USA) – VAUGHAN OLIVER (UK) – ÉTIENNE ROBIAL (France) – STUDIO BOOT (Netherlands) – STYLOROUGE (UK) – JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD (USA) – GARTH WALKER (South Africa) – ZIP DESIGN (UK)
As well as…
● A collection of political posters from the 1960s
● A collection of hundreds of vinyl records
● A collection of comic covers
● A collection of books, magazines and journals from 1950 to the present day
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