Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog number |
P0485 |
Artist |
Kent, Corita |
Title |
Our country is red spilled blood - Vietnam Moratorium |
Object Name |
Poster |
Description |
Offset lithograph anti-Vietnam War poster with the text "our country is red/ spilled blood" Vietnam Moratorium, printed between 1969-1972. The poem and design are by Sister Mary Corita Kent. Text on poster: "our country is red/ spilled blood/ of the indians/ the british/ the blacks/ the whites/ the poor/ the shot." See poster for entire poem. Photograph of a Vietnamese victim serves as background for text script. Described by the New York Times as "one of the most unlikely Pop Art phenomena of the 1960s and 70s," Sister Mary Corita Kent—a Catholic nun, artist, and educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston—shared an interest in the iconography of advertising and pop culture with the Pop Art movement, but used these resources to address the social justice, Vietnam War and humanitarian crises. Her art is informed by her social activism and reflects her spirituality, and her hope for peace. |
Medium/Material |
Ink on paper |
Dimensions |
H-22 W-22 inches |
Year Range from |
1966 |
Year Range to |
1972 |
Exhibition and Publication History |
POSTERS AS HISTORY TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES, Vietnam anti-war protest posters from the Godwin-Ternbach Museum Collection, GTM, Queens College, November 12 – December 21, 2012 |
Culture |
American |