Lost Treasures of Revolution: The Graphics of Solidarity 1980-89
Touring Exhibition, 2021-22
An exhibition about the graphics that helped to build and sustain one of the biggest social movements of the 20th century.
As the leading political force opposing communism in Poland during the 1980s, Solidarity paved the way for a peaceful transition to democracy in 1989. From its iconic logo to spontaneous poster designs and underground ephemera, this exhibition showed how the movement’s graphics created a rich visual culture of resistance that spoke to people from all walks of society.
It included 25 Solidarity poster designs, shown alongside a selection of badges and rarely seen underground stamps bearing witness to the grassroots creative spirit of the movement in the 1980s.
Curator: Catherine Flood
Designer: Vipul Sangoi, Raindesign
Organiser: The Polish Cultural Institute, London
