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4 | P a g e
By transforming the Olympic rings into the corporate logos of Mercedes, Coca‐Cola, Adidas,
McDonald's, and BMW, this poster focuses on the increasing commercialism of the Olympic
Games through corporate sponsorship. At the conclusion of every Olympic Games, the
president of the International Olympic Committee says, "I call upon the youth of the world to
assemble four years from now." Here, instead of an invitation to the next Olympiad, the words
are subverted to comment on consumerism.
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People Today Recognize Fewer than 10 Plants but over 1000 Corporate Logos
Clara Tzara
Breakdown Press
Big Fag Press
Offset, 2006 / Melbourne, Australia
Since 2006, Breakdown Press, a Melbourne‐based publishing company with a background in
zines, street art, and activism, has been producing free multi‐page broadsheets featuring
political posters on a variety of peace and justice issues. This poster is from Series #2 and was
published to coincide with the G20 Summit and the Carnival against Capitalism protests that
took place in Melbourne in November 2006. The G‐20 or Group of Twenty are finance ministers
and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
Collectively, the G‐20 economies account for more than 80 percent of the global gross national
product (GNP), 80 percent of world trade, and two‐thirds of the world’s population.
Whether called Carnivals Against Capitalism, Global Street Parties, Stop the City (London’s
Wall Street) demonstrations, or Occupy, blocking streets to prevent business‐as‐usual are a
growing international phenomenon to protest government policies.
11
Crude Reality
Sam Newbury
Chuck Sperry
Firehouse & Mission Print
Silkscreen, 2008 / San Francisco, California
A collaboration between Chuck Sperry (Firehouse, San Francisco) and Sam Newbury (Mission
Prints, UK) commenting on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
12
Fight to End Slavery Now
Joanna Foucheux
Digital Print, circa 2007 / United States
Whether it is called human trafficking, bonded labor, forced labor or sex
trafficking, slavery is growing worldwide. An estimated 12 ‐ 27 million people are
caught in one or another form of slavery. Between 600,000 and 800,000 are trafficked
internationally, with as many as 17,500 people trafficked into the United States. Nearly three
out of every four victims are women. Half of modern‐day slaves are children.
Object Description
| Exhibition | Globalize THIS! International Graphics of Resistance |
| Title | Gallery Guide for "Globalize THIS! International Graphics of Resistance" |
| Year | 2012 |
| Decade(s) | 2010s |
| Curator(s) |
Bennett, Guy Steinberg, Kerri Wells, Carol |
| Description | List of 71 objects grouped by theme. |
| Notes | 20 pages |
| Gallery | Ben Maltz Gallery |
| ImageID | Globalize_THIS_Gallery_Guide |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
Description
| Title | Page 4 |
| Full Text of PDF | 4 | P a g e By transforming the Olympic rings into the corporate logos of Mercedes, Coca‐Cola, Adidas, McDonald's, and BMW, this poster focuses on the increasing commercialism of the Olympic Games through corporate sponsorship. At the conclusion of every Olympic Games, the president of the International Olympic Committee says, "I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now." Here, instead of an invitation to the next Olympiad, the words are subverted to comment on consumerism. 10 People Today Recognize Fewer than 10 Plants but over 1000 Corporate Logos Clara Tzara Breakdown Press Big Fag Press Offset, 2006 / Melbourne, Australia Since 2006, Breakdown Press, a Melbourne‐based publishing company with a background in zines, street art, and activism, has been producing free multi‐page broadsheets featuring political posters on a variety of peace and justice issues. This poster is from Series #2 and was published to coincide with the G20 Summit and the Carnival against Capitalism protests that took place in Melbourne in November 2006. The G‐20 or Group of Twenty are finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union. Collectively, the G‐20 economies account for more than 80 percent of the global gross national product (GNP), 80 percent of world trade, and two‐thirds of the world’s population. Whether called Carnivals Against Capitalism, Global Street Parties, Stop the City (London’s Wall Street) demonstrations, or Occupy, blocking streets to prevent business‐as‐usual are a growing international phenomenon to protest government policies. 11 Crude Reality Sam Newbury Chuck Sperry Firehouse & Mission Print Silkscreen, 2008 / San Francisco, California A collaboration between Chuck Sperry (Firehouse, San Francisco) and Sam Newbury (Mission Prints, UK) commenting on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. HUMAN TRAFFICKING 12 Fight to End Slavery Now Joanna Foucheux Digital Print, circa 2007 / United States Whether it is called human trafficking, bonded labor, forced labor or sex trafficking, slavery is growing worldwide. An estimated 12 ‐ 27 million people are caught in one or another form of slavery. Between 600,000 and 800,000 are trafficked internationally, with as many as 17,500 people trafficked into the United States. Nearly three out of every four victims are women. Half of modern‐day slaves are children. |
