1492
Primary Artist
RED PLANET POSTERS (1992–)
Title
Date made
1992
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from 10 stencils
Matrix size
80.4 x 56.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white matt cardboard paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in pen, 'Pamela Branas'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
179258
Accession number
93.1662
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)
Credit line
Purchased 1993
Subject categories
Human rights | Australia: Multicultural
Country of context
Australia
Notes
1492, in representing the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, through the image of these ghost-like ships from another world, depicts the struggles of indigenous people. This poster was produced in 1992 in the RedPlanet workshop, as part of the artist-in-residence program, to focus on
Creators
BRANAS, Pamela | Female | printer
RED PLANET POSTERS | (1992–) Australian | Organisation | artist