Join FUMA for the launch of this iconic exhibition from the Progressive Art Movement.
Formed in Adelaide in 1974, PAM (Progressive Art Movement) grew out of the Flinders University Politics and Art course during a period of political volatility, student activism and industrial unrest. Spearheaded by radical thinkers Brian Medlin and Ann Newmarch, artists comprising PAM united with the aim of forging a politically-progressive culture rooted in local conditions and opposing US imperialism.
The first comprehensive presentation of their work since 1977, this exhibition features iconic prints and posters whose hard-hitting agendas are communicated through uncompromising calls to action and striking graphics.
If you don’t fight… you lose: politics, posters and PAM – Thursday 16 May 2024
- 5pm floor talk with the curators Catherine Speck and Jude Adams
- 6pm formalities with guest speaker Scott Hicks, Academy Award-nominated film director and screenwriter
- Featured Artists include: Robin Best, Robert Boynes, Jim Cane, Pamela Harris, Andrew Hill, Ann Newmarch, Mandy Martin, Christine McCarthy, Peter Mumford and Progressive Printers Alliance.
Image: Mandy Martin, Adelaide railway station 2 , 1973, screenprint, ink on paper, 50.0 x 73.7 cm (image) 55.9 x 75.9 cm (sheet), Ann Newmarch Collection, © the Estate of the artist