Vietnam Posters - The David Heather Collection (NIEUW)

THIS BOOK OFFERS AN EXTRAORDINARY GLIMPSE INTO THE UNIQUE POWER OF PROPAGANDA ART, FOCUSING ON VIETNAM'S HISTORY OF WAR, REGIME CHANGE, AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION. 

RARELY VIEWED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THIS COLLECTION OF POSTERS FROM THE 1950S TO THE PRESENT ENCOMPASSES A POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD IN VIETNAMESE HISTORY. WITH THIEIR BOLDLY RENDERED IMAGES OF HO CHI MINH AND LOCAL HEROES; GUERRILLA FIGHTERS, TANKS AND BOMBERS; FACTORY WORKERS AND THE URBAN AND RURAL LANDSCAPE, THESE POSTERS - MANY PRODUCED IN SMALL NUMBERS UNDER ECONOMICALLY ADVERSE CONDITIONS - REVERBERATE WITH VIBRANT COLORS AND INNOVATIVE GRAPHIC LANGUAGE, REVEALING MUCH ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CLIMATE.

THIS COLLECTION OFFERS A DEEPLY RESONATING, VISUALLY ARRESTING SOCIAL HISTORY OF A COUNTRY DURING TIMES OF PEACE AND WAR.