Agit Prop: Graphic Imperative: 40 Years of Activist Posters, Chicago Exhibit

If you'd rather get your history in visual than written form, The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005 (a mouthful) offers 40 Years of Activist Posters at the Crown Center Gallery (Loyola University) in Chicago.

The event notes quote Pierre Bernard, a French graphic designer as stating that “The poster is the prime field for experimenting with visual language. It is the scene of changing ideas and aesthetics, of cultural, social, and political events.” ...