AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation

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A double-sided broadsheet poster for the exhibition “AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation” at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The broadsheet is printed in black ink on light brown paper. The front side of the sheet features a depiction of the African continent with superimposed images of artworks by the ten artists in the exhibition. The ten artworks surround a group portrait photograph of the artists, one of whom holds a small child on his hip. To the left of the image, in a hand-lettered design, is [AFRICOBRA 1 / ten in search of a nation]. In the lower left corner, in small typewritten black print, is [AFRICOBRA – AFRICAN COMMUNE OF BAD RELEVANT ARTISTS] followed by two paragraphs on the collective and the exhibition, explained as “Poster art. Images designed for mass production. Inexpensive. We want everybody to have some.

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