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Posters
on Racism, Sexism and Human Rights
on Exhibition at Pomona College
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“Courageous Voices: Posters on Racism, Sexism and Human
Rights,” an exhibition of 44 political posters that deal
with racism, sexism and human rights, will be on view at the
Pomona College Museum of Art from March 23 through May 15
and at the Smith Campus Center Cultural Center from March 23
through May 5.
Organized by the Center for the Study of Political Graphics
in Los Angeles, these posters are selections from a larger
exhibition representing a wide range of human rights issues,
both past and present, domestic and international. Racism
and sexism have been emphasized because they are too often
overshadowed as central human rights issues by the more
dramatic images of torture, mass arrests and political
assassinations that are reported daily in the press. Yet
racism and sexism are even more insidious violations of
human rights because they are not only manifested in illegal
activities, but in the more subtle and daily dehumanization
of women and people of color-the majority of the world's
population.
The posters deal with both historical and contemporary
events. The topics include the genocide of Native Americans,
slavery, Nazi genocide of Jews, the forced relocation of
Japanese-Americans into concentration camps throughout the
United States, attacks on recent immigrants, sexism and
homophobia. By juxtaposing old and new posters depicting the
same issues, a history of the struggle is revealed. By
combining domestic and international posters having the same
themes, the breadth of oppositional movements is
demonstrated.
The purpose of this exhibition is to inform, challenge and
move the viewer. The topics are not comfortable. The
problems are not new; they are ancient and contemporary.
They have been experienced in different ways by all of us-as
the victim, the victimizer, or both. It is an exhibition
about discrimination and prejudice. It is about people who
have power and those who don't. But above all it is about
people who are trying to make a difference in the world. It
is about the individuals and organizations who are trying to
make the world a better place by protesting injustices and
inequalities. It is about reclaiming the power of art to
communicate and inspire people to act to make a difference.
Finally, it is about images that function as instruments of
liberation.
Throughout history, works of visual art have reflected
society’s most troubling and divisive issues and served the
cause of reform. Required by their nature and purpose to
represent complex situations and messages by means of
legible and accessible images, political posters communicate
with a directness and immediacy that is markedly different
from, and often more powerful than, the most eloquent
rhetoric.
The Pomona College Museum of Art is located in the
Montgomery Art Center, 330 N. College Avenue, Claremont. The
Museum is open to the public free of charge Tuesday through
Friday, from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1
to 5 p.m. The Smith Campus Center Cultural Center is located
at 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont, and is open during normal
working hours and by arrangement at other times.
For more information, call the Museum of Art at (909)
621-8283. Please note that Museum Director Marjorie Harth
will be out of town March 23 to March 29.
The Pomona College Museum of Art collects, preserves,
exhibits, and interprets works of art. The Museum houses a
substantial permanent collection as well as serving as a
gallery for the display of temporary exhibitions. Important
holdings include the Kress Collection of 15th- and
16th-century Italian panel paintings; more than 5,000
examples of Pre-Columbian to 20th-century American Indian
art and artifacts, including basketry, ceramics, and
beadwork; and a large collection of American and European
prints, drawings, and photographs, including works by
Francisco de Goya, José Clemente Orozco, and Rico Lebrun.
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