Hong Kong Protest Poster Art

He is one of hundreds of anonymous creators turning out protest art to support the city s push for.

Hong kong protest poster art. Hong kong s protests have inspired an explosion of new work from our city s talented graphic artists. Posters serve an immediate need for the protest movement. More than seven weeks of street protests in hong kong have led to a flourishing of political art with posters leaflets stickers and stamps turning up on city walls in the subway system or. New resources found at the hong kong free press.

Hong kong protest art informs inspires and at times offers light relief in times of strife. Hong kong protest movement data archive. The poster below on a wall in the ma on shan district in northeastern hong kong seems to liken front line protesters to the protagonists of a battle scene in a renaissance oil painting. A poster tearing the shared elements of the characters hong before kong and violence on chinese social media.

The poster search engine allows for text inside the movement posters to be searchable. Style be water hong kong protest mantra influences how art is designed and distributed. In total 23 366 posters have been collected from two major movement publicity telegram channels. Since the first marches started happening in june 2019 poster protest art has been one of the main channels of communication and creativity.

While the original poster depicts the city s skyline this parody illustrates a sea of flags representing the plethora of insignia from the liberate hong kong flag to the black bauhinia flag to the flags of foreign countries that are a common sight at protests. Art elements are essential for the whole movement badiucao. Like many involved in hong kong s protests phesti hides his identity behind a pseudonym. In hong kong though some argue that art has been fundamental to sustaining a protest that has now endured more than 86 days.

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