Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.194.1.13
Object Name
Poster
Place
London
People
Kennard, Peter; Greater London Council (GLC)
Date
1985
Description
Photomontage of a map of the UK and Ireland held in gloved hands as if experimenting on the map. A face is visible through a small window in the background. One of a set of posters called 'Target London' by Peter Kennard and produced by the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1985. The series of posters explain to Londoners the impossibility of surviving a nuclear war.
Peter Kennard is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photomontage to better address his political views.
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