84 pages 29.7 x 21 cm Language: English Printed in black on white paper and in black on pure black cotton powder black paper & carbon zero - Züber Rieder Paper factory Publisher: Juste Ici Edition of 200 copies 2018
The Spanish conceptual artist Santiago Serra is known for his radical and controversial works, which are very critical of society. Through Black Posters, an action taken since 2008 in different cities, he opposes, through the massive collage of black posters, a striking counterpoint to advertising messages that are omnipresent in the public space. This negation of the message nonetheless provokes reactions that are conducive to debate. Santiago Sierra intervened in Besançon during Bien Urbain in june 2018, some collages are visible in this book.
Layout by Quentin Coussirat. Silkscreen printing by David Demougeot, content’s printing by Quentin Coussirat in Risographie at the Superseñor workshop.
PHOTO CREDITS : 4.000 BLACK POSTERS, LONDON Shoreditch and Bricklane. London, United Kingdom. June-July 2008. Photographs: Lisson Gallery
4.000 BLACK POSTERS, BERLIN Postdamer Platz and Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, October, 2011. Photographs: Daimler und Benz Stiftung.
1.000 BLACK POSTERS, VITERBO Cantieri d’Arte, Viterbo, Italy, October 2012 Photographs: Emanuela Moroni.
1.000 BLACK POSTERS, ISTANBUL Beyoglu, Galata, Cihangir and Tarlabasi. Istanbul, Turkey. January, 2015 Photographs: Galeri Zilberman.
1.000 BLACK POSTERS, MADRID Vallecas. Madrid, October 2015. Photographs: Galería Encarnación González.
2,000 BLACK POSTERS, BASEL Beyeler Foundation. Basel, Switzerland. October 2015 Photographs: Mark Niedermann.
1000 BLACK POSTERS, BESANCON, FRANCE Bien Urbain Festival, Besançon, France, June 2018 Photographs: Brad Downey, Lucas Hihn
