Cuban Poster Design Exhibit brought to you by St. Louis AIGA and Atomicdust.
Here at Atomicdust, we’re all about using artistic expression to inspire. That’s why we’re thrilled to open our doors to host an exhibit for our friend and fellow St. Louis designer, Carlos Zamora. Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. for this special glimpse into Havana’s cultural scene. The exhibit, entitled CUBACARTEL: The Bridge Generation, will feature 50 posters from Carlos’ own private collection, along with the debut of Miami artist Eduardo Sarmiento‘s latest poster, printed in St. Louis by All Along Press.
For sale: Limited Edition 100 Silkscreened Poster (50cm X 70cm) signed by artist $75 USD
Street Parking. Beer and snacks provided. Please RSVP on Facebook.
CUBACARTEL, is a bilingual network of Cuban poster designers. It is a source of inspiration for designers living in Havana; a way to showcase their work in a bilingual platform; and a bridge between Cuban designers and American design circuits. Posters featured at Cubacartel’s Facebook page have been finalists in the 2nd Chicago International Poster Biennial, 2011 Lima’s International Poster Design Exhibit in Peru, 2010 Havana’s Biennial, and also presented in galleries in Havana, Seattle, Miami, Quito, Teheran, Ogasaki, Madrid and Frankfurt. Like us at http://www.facebook.com/Cubacartel
Once known as The Art of the Revolution, poster design in Cuba was considered the perfect media to inform, engage, and promote the social programs of the socio-political processes that took place on the Island after 1959. It was also an opportunity for poster artists to articulate a voice within the aesthetics of the new social contract. Younger generations of Cuban designers inherited a profound respect for the masters of the 60s, and a fondness for poster making. Their posters have become a graphic testimonial of contemporary Cuban life styles: an eclectic mix of survival attitude, art and propaganda, bilingual diasporas, exiles, isolation, and enticing boldness around Havana’s cultural vortex.
Proceeds from Eduardo Sarmiento’s poster will support future exhibits, and Cuban designers in Havana.
Endorsed by Aiga St. Louis. Brought to you by Atomicdust.
Please RSVP on Facebook.
