Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.101
Object Name
Poster
Title
The masses have boundless creative power
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. This poster reads "The masses have boundless creatie power" in large text at the bottom of the poster; the main body of the poster depicts an image of farmworkers in a fiel. A quote by Mao Tse-tung at the top reads: "Socialism has freed not only the labouring people and the means of production for
the old society but also the vast realm of the natural which could not be made use of in the old society."
