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Michael Ray Charles Exhibition Catalogue
Rigsby Design1996
AIGA, the professional association for design
New York, NY, United States
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover
Design firm: Rigsby Design
Art director: Lana Rigsby
Jacket designers: Lana Rigsby, Amy Wolpert
Illustrator: Michael Ray Charles
Author: Marilyn Kern-Foxworth
Typeface: Stamp Gothic
Printer: H. MacDonald Printing
Paper: Simpson Starwhite Vicksburg
The cover of this exhibition catalogue is a revealing cultural self-portrait by black artist Michael Ray Charles. A circus poster for the fictitious Liberty Bros. Permanent Daily Circus introduces a series of works that use inflammatory racial and sexual stereotypes as tools for exploring cultural identity.
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Details
- Title: Michael Ray Charles Exhibition Catalogue
- Creator: Rigsby Design
- Date Created: 1996
- Type: Book cover
- Original Source: AIGA Design Archives. Collection: 50 Books/50 Covers of 1996
- Rights: This image was published with permission in the AIGA Design Archives.
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