Incredible book gifted to me by a dear friend. Last book I read in 2023 and will surely be referring to it for the rest of my life.
GRAPHIC LIBERATION: IMAGE MAKING AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
Here are the interviewees, and their linked instagrams.
Avram Finkelstein is a US designer from Silence=Death Project, Gran Fury, ACT UP.
Alison Alder is an Australia-based printmaker, member of Redback Grafix, and founder of Megalo print studio.
Emory Douglas is former revolutionary artist and designer for the Black Panther Party.
Melanie Cervantes is a Chicanx printmaker in the Bay Area, member of Dignidad Rebelde with Jesus Barraza, and a member of Justseeds Artists Cooperative.
Jesus Barraza is a Chicanx printmaker in the Bay Area, member of Dignidad Rebelde with Melanie Cervantes, and a member of Justseeds Artists Cooperative.
Daniel Drennan ElAwar is founder of Jamaa Al-Yad graphics collective in Beirut, Lebanon.
Tomie Arai is an early member of Basement Workshop, the first political cultural space in NYC Chinatown in the 1970s, and a member of Godzilla, Asian-American arts collective.
Sandy Kaltenborn is cofounder of Kotti & Co. housing initiative in Berlin and image-shift studio.
Judy Seidman is a longtime South African arts organizer, activist, and member of Medu Arts Ensemble.
A3BC Collective is an antinuclear-antimilitarist block making collective in Tokyo, Japan.
Tings Chak is based in China and is the art director of the new Tricontinental.