Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.63
Object Name
Poster
Title
A single spark can start a prairie fire
Date
1972-1982
Description
The Poster Collective was a collective formed in 1971 at the Slade School of Art,  a group formed to initially produce posters in response to the miners strike and on the wars in both Vietnam and Ireland. It was formed on the basis of developing a coherent visual style, which addressed the political issues of the time. This included the armed struggles against colonialism in Africa, the struggle of women for equal rights and the continuing struggle against racism. The collective was active in the 70's and 80's, producing posters on a wide range of issues, including for educational purposes. The group was not-for-profit and used a variety of hand-printing techniques to create their posters. It is a yellow and black and white poster with many scenes printed in the centre respectively. Eg. paris commune; The Russian revolution November 1917; May 4th movement prking May 1919; Women dig tunnels 1942 war of resistance; Guerilla fighters study politics and Red Army. At the bottom of the
poster it says In this era, any revolution in a colony or semi-colony that is directed against imperialism, against the international bourgeoisie or international capitalism, no longer comes within the old category. It is no longer part of the old bourgeois or capitalist world revolution, but is part of the new world revolution, the proletarian-socialist world revolution.
