Propaganda 2017: Conservatives Are Adopting The Provocative Poster Styles Of The Left
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Channel: Newsweek · 2017 · News & Politics
Provocative poster art isn’t just for hippies and Occupy Wall Street folks anymore. The alt-right is finally getting into graphics in hopes of getting the world to see things their way. Scrolling through Taylor’s pro-white posters, graphic design authority Steven Heller ticks off their inspiration as if he’s reciting the names of his children: there’s Alexander Rodchenko’s famous pro-literacy ad from the Russian Revolution, and Dimitry Moor’s iconic Soviet propaganda poster, and another that combines Barbara Kruger’s typography with Stefan Sagmeister’s face painting. “This is a sophisticated way of propagandizing. The alt-right has not done this up until now,” says Heller, who co-chairs the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts and spent 33 years as an art director at the New York Times. “I’ve collected white supremacist stuff for a long time and it’s always pretty ugly. You know what you’re getting into: white aryan resistance, white supremacist magazines… But they’re limited to the audience they’re aiming at,” he says. “[Taylor’s posters] can mobilize people. They’re ironic enough where people can think, ‘Okay, I’m not gonna apologize for who I am… That’s scary shit.” FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT: http://www.newsweek.com/2017/04/28/alt-right-poster-art-propaganda-white-nationalism-586355.html
