The Earth, Wind & Solar: International Ecology Posters exhibition ended Dec. 18 at USC Annenberg.

The political posters dated from the dawn of the modern environmental movement in the 1960s to the present. The works on display came from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.

“USC Annenberg is dedicated to introducing students and the community to a range of visual media,” said Larry Gross, professor and communication school director. “The political poster is a long-lived and powerful communications vehicle for arousing interest and stirring action. Among the issues on today’s public agenda, the environment is high on the list. The Center for the Study of Political Graphics has an incredible collection of ecology posters and this exhibition is an important educational opportunity, as well as an aesthetic one.”

Political posters have been a primary communication tool warning of the dangers of pollution and organizing support for a cleaner and safer world. The posters in Earth, Wind & Solar illustrated the ongoing conflict between environmental protection and multinational corporate interests. Representing a variety of styles, techniques, issues, languages and regions of the world, the exhibition was a cross section of the many issues the contemporary environmental movement has brought to the fore.

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