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Political Poster Art on Display in Kendrick Hall
Cushing's work will be on display until May 18.
Cushing's deeply felt art explores issues of social and political importance. "The artist Lincoln Cushing has been chronicling the struggle for decades," USF School of Law Dean Jeff Brand said. "(The exhibit) is sure to provoke students and, god willing, educate minds and hearts to change the world." Examples of Cushing's work available for viewing include his 1987 poster for the "2nd National Caravan of Salvadorans for Peace and Justice in Central America" and an exhibition poster created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Oakland General Strike for the Oakland Museum.
Cushing decided early in his artistic path that he would apply his skills for social change.
Drawing inspiration from the work of Sister Mary Corita Kent, a Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who expressed messages of love and peace through her silkscreen prints, Cushing began making political posters as a high school student in the 1960s. He continued to apply his artistic skills to various social causes when he moved to San Diego and later the San Francisco Bay Area, relying on screenprint and offset printing techniques that are largely obsolete today.
Presently his work involves the documentation of political posters and advancing the visibility of this art form. In addition to his involvement with a number of other books exploring the genre, Cushing is the author of Revolucion! Cuban Poster Art (2003), which explores political posters of the country of his birth.
Cushing was born in Havana, Cuba, and currently lives in Berkeley.
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