DICTATOR BANKNOTES| December 2020
£250.00
DICTATOR BANKNOTES | December 2020
Exclusive limited edition of 50..!!
DICTATOR BANKNOTES is structured like an album, featuring 16 authentic banknotes featuring various dictators. Each banknote is accompanied by text detailing anecdotes of their brutal actions or humorous insights into their intriguing lives.
Dictator Banknotes presentation of these dictators opens a dialogue regarding identification with these flawed individuals and their bygone humanity.
Dictators featured in the DICTATOR BANKNOTES: Sultan of Brunei, Chairman Mao, Papa Doc, Suharto, Shah of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi, Genghis Khan, Samora Machel, Kim Il-Sung, King Fahd, Bashar al-Assad, Niyazov, Idi Amin, Tito.
"Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality…" John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli.
Designed by Sam Boxer
Risograph inner on Munken Pure 170gsm
Silkscreen cover on GF Smith Colorplan Bright Red 135gsm
Typeset in Work Sans and Bureau Grotesk
W200mm x H270mm.
Silkscreen cover, 200mm x 270mm, 44pp