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silk-screen prints from 1975
Posters by Ghobad Shiva (born 1940) found in the book Music Posters from Pre-Revolution Iran, 1960s-70s. The section opens with some quotes by Shiva:
"Posters offer a vast field to every graphic designer. While you present the information, you find an opportunity to add your individual artistic and intellectual view, what you seldom enjoy in other graphic media."
"I spend more time on designing a poster than I do on other graphic works because you send a poster into the streets, where it generates thought, for which a graphic designer is highly responsible."
"I believe you must turn the voices and melodies of music into a visual format. This is an Eastern view. Eastern artists almost never include real elements in their design."
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silk-screen prints from 1972
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silk-screen prints from 1976
silk-screen prints from 1975Posters by Ghobad Shiva (born 1940) found in the book Music Posters from Pre-Revolution Iran, 1960s-70s. The section opens with some quotes by Shiva:
"Posters offer a vast field to every graphic designer. While you present the information, you find an opportunity to add your individual artistic and intellectual view, what you seldom enjoy in other graphic media."
"I spend more time on designing a poster than I do on other graphic works because you send a poster into the streets, where it generates thought, for which a graphic designer is highly responsible."
"I believe you must turn the voices and melodies of music into a visual format. This is an Eastern view. Eastern artists almost never include real elements in their design."
silk-screen prints from 1972
silk-screen prints from 1976