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"ALIENS" Original Polish Film Movie Poster, Andrzej Pagowski, 1987

About the Item

Andrzej Pagowski’s artwork for the Aliens poster is, as typical for Polish posters, refreshingly alternative to its country-of-origin counterpart. The end of the Second World War marked the dawn of a new period in the development of Polish poster art, which became known as the Polish School of Posters. The recently installed Communist regime began commissioning artists to design posters not only with social and political messages, but also, and more prominently, to promote the many aspects of the government-run (Ministry of Art and Culture) cultural media: concerts, exhibitions, film, jazz, opera, theatre, etc. and the circus (cyrk in Polish). The artists were instructed to reject Western values in their posters and were to follow rules about appropriate messaging, but other than that, they had complete artistic freedom. This resulted in some truly unique and bold designs, chock-full with individual personality, wit and subversive commentary. Heavy in metaphors and symbolism and executed in a painterly fashion with handcrafted typography the posters of the Polish School of Posters significantly influenced the international development of graphic design. The highly original designs remain contemporary to this day and continue to gain appreciation. This original vintage movie poster size is 26 1/2 x 37 inches. Will be sent rolled (unframed)

Attributed to:

Andrzej Pagowski 1 (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

Poland

Period:

20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1987