Sunday, November 7, 2010

Prints from Iconoclast

Iconoclast ships prints just about anywhere. They have two notable new releases this week:
November is another a big month for new releases from Iconoclast. We have published Robbie Conal's new print Contra Cocaine -- a hand-pulled silkscreen with glitter touches. Contra Cocaine (1988) is one of many highlights in Conal's twenty-five year arc as painter and political provocateur, and is one of his most legendary and widely influential paintings-cum-political posters. In 1988, Robbie and his volunteer postering crews disseminated his most infamous portrait of Ronald Reagan, entitled Contra Diction – a notorious image, which along with Contra Cocaine, have become recognized all over the world as defining images of 1980s American politics. The Contra Cocaine image has never been available until now.
Another high point for this month is the release of a new poster by Os Gemeos, the famed twin duo from Sao Paulo. This is the second release in a trio of official exhibition posters for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's exhibit Viva La Revolucion, curated by Pedro Alonzo. The second poster features the artwork of Os Gemeos' large outdoor mural for the exhibit. This official exhibition poster is free of charge, plus applicable shipping charges. 
The third, and final, poster of the series for the MCASD will be by recent 2010 TED Prize recipient JR - to be released next month.