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Boo Hooray 23 x 32.5 well-known protest
poster from the May 1968 student protests in Paris, titled "L'imagination prend le pouvoir" ("Imagination takes power"). It was created by the Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky, a co-founder of the CoBrA art movement.
Key Information
Artist: Pierre Alechinsky
Title: L'imagination prend le pouvoir (Imagination takes power)
Year: 1968
Medium: Offset lithograph
Context: The poster is an artistic and historical document from the May 1968 Paris student protests. The text within the poster incorporates revolutionary phrases and slogans that were written on the walls of the Sorbonne and the Odéon theaters during the protests. The slogan itself is a famous Situationist statement.
Purpose: The posters were printed for the benefit of students involved in the protests. |
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