sheer spite press

“Revolution as an Eternal Dream: the Exemplary Failure of the Madame Binh Graphics Collective (MBGC) examines the political practice and visual propaganda of a now-obscure women’s poster, printmaking, and street art collective based in New York City between 1975 and 1983. For a brief, intense period of time, the MBGC collaborated on projects against racism and in solidarity with national liberation movements, producing many beautiful multicolored silkscreened prints, note cards, banners, posters, and other print ephemera before withdrawing into the isolation of a sectarian and militaristic political line. By 1982 its core members were in prison or underground. Revolution as an Eternal Dream calls up the perpetual desire for revolution, but also the frailty of such dreams.”

By Mary Patten, with a preface by Lucy Lippard and an afterword by Gregory Sholette. Designed by Heather Anderson.
Chicago, Illinois: Half Letter Press, 2011
Pages: 84
Dimensions: 8.5” in x 5.5” in
Cover: paperback
Binding: perfectbound
Process: offset
Color: full color throughout
Edition Size: 1353
ISBN: 978-0-9818023-1-2

– Description via Half-Letter Press