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Empire Marketing Board Posters

Manchester Art Gallery

Melanie Horton

  • Categories: 4-Fold, Collections, Contemporary art
ISBN: 978 1 85759 655 7
Size: 172 x 120 mm / 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Binding: 4-fold
Images: 50
In association with: Manchester Art Gallery
Date published: November, 2010
UK £6.95
/ US $9.95

Highlights

  • Scala’s 4-fold format is ideally suited to reproducing, in full and in detail, works from this important collection of posters
  • A fascinating and challenging evaluation that helps build an understanding of what these posters mean today

Description

Manchester Art Gallery’s little-known collection of posters, commissioned by the British Government’s Empire Marketing Board (EMB) between 1926 and 1933, is a fascinating subject, and a welcome addition to Scala’s popular 4-fold series. The EMB’s main functions were to research the production, trade and use of goods throughout the British Empire and to promote the idea of ‘Buying Empire’. A product of their time, these posters, whilst visually stunning, also raise difficult questions for a contemporary audience about the legacy of empire. Empire Marketing Board Posters includes a selection of posters from this unique collection, examining the varied themes of the EMB’s graphics output and questioning its promotion of a sense of imperial pride and the use of stereotypical images of people and places.

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Melanie Horton worked in museums and galleries for 10 years and is involved with academic teaching and research.

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