to Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg’s monumental Clothespin of 1976. The public art installation, located on Market Street in Philadelphia, is a popular example of Pop Art’s subversive idolization of the object as a symbol of an overly consumerist society.
The exhibition will include Otto Baumberger’s seminal PKZ coat poster of 1923, and Alex Diggelman’s PKZ Box, neither of which utilize any superfluous text. There will also be important works from Niklaus Stoecklin, an Object Poster pioneer in Basel, as well as examples of Object Posters from other countries. Also included is a vintage shopping bag, screenprinted with the most recognizable icon of the Pop Art era, Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup can.
In addition to gallery shows and special exhibitions, IPG’s award-winning website, www.internationalposter.com offers the largest, most comprehensive online collection of vintage advertising posters in the world. Originally launched in 1998, the site contains nearly 4,500 images accessible through a powerful search engine.
Editor’s Note: • Background and additional digital color images available.
• Support for feature development on poster collecting available.
• Interviews with gallery owner Jim Lapides are encouraged.
