Margaret Harrison is a British artist known for her feminist pop artworks that critique censorship, gender roles, and war. Her 1971 solo show featured pieces like "He's Only A Bunny Boy But He's Quite Nice Really" and reimaginings of Captain America that transformed the character for the Vietnam War era. Harrison went on to create more Captain America art in 1997 and 2009 that commented on America's shifting global power and longings for the past. Her art blends pop culture icons with social and political commentary.
This cartoon by the British cartoonist David Low was published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 21 October 1939. Having destroyed Poland, Hitler and Stalin stroll down their now-shared frontier.
This cartoon by the British cartoonist David Low was published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 21 October 1939. Having destroyed Poland, Hitler and Stalin stroll down their now-shared frontier.
“Captain America's Boise Tea Party: Comic Books and Politics in American Culture.” Anthropology Department Colloquium, Idaho State University, March 5, 2010.
Korean Comics: A Society Through Small FramesKim A Munson
Exhibition review of "Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames," curated by the Korea Society at the San Francisco Public Library (March 13-June 13, 2010).
Interview with artist Mark Bode about a series of exhibitions, his mural work and the cartoon concerts. Originally published on the Comics Journal blog.
Review of the exhibition "Morrie Turner, Creator of Wee Pals Cartoon: a 45 Year Retrospective" at the San Francisco Public Library October 2009. Discusses the long and wide ranging career of this award winning cartoonist.
Presentation on the history of the union label movement, given 9/12 at the Union Label & Service Trades convention in triburte to the 100th anniversary of the department.
This is an update of a 2006 SFSU art history presentation exploring the history and evolution of the AFL-CIO hand-in-hand logo, that I am posting in honor of the upcoming AFL-CIO convention and the 100 year anniversary of the Union Label and Service Trades Department.
I will be presenting on the history of the union label movement at the ULSTD's convention on 9/12. This presentation for academic/educational purposes only.
Evolution of an Emblem: the Arm & HammerKim A Munson
July 19 (Sunday) 1:00 PM (Free) Labor Archives and Research Center - SFSU 480 Winston Dr. SF. Presentation by Kim Munson. How did the arm and hammer end up on all those baking soda boxes? Art Historian Kim Munson shares her investigation of the origins of the arm & hammer from Greco-Roman myth and its role as an early union labor icon to its current usage as the Socialist Labor Party emblem and baking soda trademark.
Hosted by the Labor Archives and Research Center. Contact: larc@sfsu.edu Phone: 415-564-4010
Revisting The Comic Art Show: Whitney Museum 1983Kim A Munson
This presentation features new research about the Comic Art Show (1983), the first show to treat comic art, graffiti, modern art and early post-modern art as equals under the sponsorship of a major New York art museum (the Whitney Museum of American Art's Downtown branch). This presentation includes comments by John Carlin (co-curator) and exhibition photos courtesy of the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
I will be presenting on the "Comics and Museums" panel at San Diego Comic Con on Sunday (7/26) at 1:00pm in room 30AB with Michael Dooley and Denis Kitchen.
Talk from PCA/ACA national conference (New Orleans) 2009 about the relationship between comic art and museums. Looks at The Comic Art Show (1983), High & Low (1990), Masters of American Comics (2005) & Tezuka, Marvel of Manga (2007).
Companion paper "Beyond High & Low" is available here http://www.mg-km.com/kmhome.html.
The images supplied in this presentation are intended for academic purposes only; text is copyright Kim Munson, rights to images are held by their respective owners.
San Francisco Labor Landmark PhotographyKim A Munson
Stunning photography by artists Wendy Crittenden and Tom Griscom in contrasting styles, featuring locations important to the San Francisco labor movement. Exhibition catalog is available on iTunes and Blurb print on demand: http://blur.by/1zhkQ0r
The images supplied in this presentation are intended for academic purposes only; text is copyright Kim Munson, rights to images are held by Griscom and Crittenden.
This work will be on display at the Special Collections Gallery, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University, March 19 - August 9, 2015. Opening event April 2.
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Between Filth and Fortune- Urban Cattle Foraging Realities by Devi S Nair, An...Mansi Shah
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This presentation was made to help designers who work in publishing houses or format books for printing ensure quality.
Quality control is vital to every industry. This is why every department in a company need create a method they use in ensuring quality. This, perhaps, will not only improve the quality of products and bring errors to the barest minimum, but take it to a near perfect finish.
It is beyond a moot point that a good book will somewhat be judged by its cover, but the content of the book remains king. No matter how beautiful the cover, if the quality of writing or presentation is off, that will be a reason for readers not to come back to the book or recommend it.
So, this presentation points designers to some important things that may be missed by an editor that they could eventually discover and call the attention of the editor.
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Censorship & Superbodies: The Creative Odyssey of Margaret Harrison
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3. Civil Rights & VietnamCivil Rights & Vietnam ComicsComics
Harrison founded the London Women's
Liberation Art Group in 1970.
1970 Miss World “Meat Market”
Alb H ll L d
R. Crumb. Cover drawing, Home Eric Stanton (1926-1999)
protest, Albert Hall, London
R. Crumb. Cover drawing, Home
Grown Funnies #2, 1972
Eric Stanton (1926 1999)
Cover of Stantoons #1
British Pop ArtBritish Pop Art
Allen Jones (1937- ) Table,
1969 . mixed media
Collection Stedelijk Museum
Richard Hamilton (1922- ).
Just What Is It that Makes
Today's Homes So Different,
So Appealing?, 1956. collage.
Kunsthalle Tübingen.
4. Harrison’s first solo exhibition:Harrison’s first solo exhibition:
Motif Gallery, London.Motif Gallery, London.
19711971
Margaret Harrison. He's Only A Bunny Boy But
He's Quite Nice Really, 1971-2010
Margaret Harrison. Women of the world unite you have nothing to
lose but cheesecake, 1969-2010
Margaret Harrison Take One Lemon, 1971
5. Captain America (1), 1971Captain America (1), 1971
T f tiTransformation
“In theory, the costume – as different
from the dull garb of our formerg
existence as we have become from
those abandoned selves – forms a
kind of magic screen onto which the
repressed narrative many berepressed narrative many be
projected.
No matter how well he or she hides
its traces, the secret narrative of
transformation, of rebirth from
the confines of the ordinary,
is given up by the costume ”is given up by the costume.
Michael Chabon
Margaret Harrison. Captain America,
1971-1997
6. Joe Simon, Jack Kirby.
Cover. Captain America
Comics #1 (March 1941).
Stan Lee & Gene ColanStan Lee & Gene Colan.
Captain America #125
(May, 1970) cover and
interior panels
“Captured… in Vietnam.”
Traditional 1940’s Cap or 1971 Vietnam
Era continuity?
Marvel avoids placing Cap in Vietnam.
7. Captain America (2), 1997Captain America (2), 1997
Rob Liefeld. Cover.
Captain America, Vol
2 #1 “Heroes2 . #1, Heroes
Reborn” November
1996.
More mature and stable Cap
fl t Cli t A i dreflects Clinton era America, and
the stylized graphic style of
Image Comics artist Rob
Liefeld.
Margaret Harrison. Captain America 2, 1997.
Courtesy Intersection for the Arts.
8. What's That Long RedWhat's That Long Redgg
Limp Wrinkly Thing You'reLimp Wrinkly Thing You're
Pulling OnPulling On, 2009., 2009.
A Superpower longs forA Superpower longs for
the Past?
Margaret Harrison. What's That Long Red Limp
Wrinkly Thing You're Pulling On, 2009. Courtesy
Intersection for the Arts.
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the Past?the Past?
American wars financed by loans fromAmerican wars financed by loans from
Asian countries.
Rise of Asian business as US declines.
A i f l hit l d iAsian female, white male dynamic
Superman-type red cape, sometimes
seen as a symbol of colonialism &
US domination, tattered and used as,
leash.
Cap looks longingly at a landmark 1950’s
era painting. US art, industry & culture
seemed unstoppable Character fromseemed unstoppable. Character from
“greatest generation” looking back,
humiliated by present.
Margaret Harrison. What's That Long Red Limp
Wrinkly Thing You're Pulling On, 2009. Courtesy
Intersection for the Arts.