Swedish translation:
Long live free Palestine
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Source:
https://affischerna.se/progg_poster/leve-det-fria-palestina-2/
Artist's Statement:
On the Israeli flag there is a six-pointed star so I put several stars next to each other so they formed a kind of grid and put a liberation fighter who manages to break through.
It would symbolize a "mental" fence and my message was that whoever is attacked must be able to defend themselves and not have to accept being exposed to occupation.
The poster became very controversial because I used the national symbol of Israel. Now Israel has physically built that wall. The interesting thing is that when the poster is now shown at exhibitions, many people think it was made today.
The poster was part of Themptander's exhibition Thumb in the Eye, which commented on events in Sweden and the world. It wanted to reveal those in power's explanations for how society works.
The message was: Reassemble the lie so it becomes the truth.
Christer Themptander
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PPPA
11:15 PM (3 minutes ago)
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https://affischerna.se/progg_poster/leve-det-fria-palestina-2/
Title: Long live free Palestine
Year: 1974
Artist: Christer Themptander
Technique: Offset printing
Format: 44.5x63.5 cm
Copyright: Christer Themptander/BUS 2007
Donation: Christer Themptander
Christer Themptander tells: On the Israeli flag there is a six-pointed star, I put several stars next to each other so they formed a kind of grid and put a liberation fighter who manages to break through. It would symbolize a "mental" fence and my message was that whoever is attacked must be able to defend themselves and not have to accept being exposed to occupation.
The poster became very controversial because I used the national symbol of Israel. Now Israel has physically built that wall. The interesting thing is that when the poster is now shown at exhibitions, many people think it was made today.
The poster was part of Themptander's exhibition Thumb in the eye, which commented on events in Sweden and the world. It wanted to reveal those in power's explanations for how society works. The message was: Reassemble the lie so it becomes the truth.
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MAD respect!
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PPPA
Mon, Feb 6, 11:45 PM (12 hours ago)
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Hello Håkan,
What a great site!
We have added a poster from AFFISCHERNA to the PPPA:
https://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/leve-det-fria-palestina
We write to ask if you can put us in touch with Christer Themptander. We are especially interested to know if he did any other Palestine posters and what the "controversy" was when the poster was printed in 1974. (We are interested to learn if the criticisms have changed).
Great site!
Stay safe,
Dan Walsh/PPPA
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A revolution which does not aim at changing me by changing the relations between people does not interest me; what is more, I doubt whether a revolution which does not affect me enough to transform me is really a revolution at all. The Palestinian revolution has established new kinds of relations which have changed me, and in this sense the Palestinian revolution is my revolution.
Jean Genet
The Palestinians
1973
Håkan Agnsäter
5:02 AM (7 hours ago)
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Hello Dan,
Thanks for mail and so nice that you put Themptander's poster on your website!
I will see Christer this week and I will tell him that you want to come in touch with him.
He is one of the most famous Swedish poster maker and is still working.
Stay safe,
Håkan
Håkan Agnsäter
6:08 AM (6 hours ago)
Hello again Dan, I see that you are seeking a better version of this poster that i have photographed for my site. Hope it will work. Its a JPEG 2082x2913, 1,3 M
PPPA
12:17 PM (8 minutes ago)
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Comrade Hakan,
MANY thanks! Please see:
https://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/nationella
Check the credits and we added the Afficherna link.
Q: Does your site carry any other Palestine posters by any other artists? We are a documentary/educational site and we seek to
record as much of Palestine's poster art heritage as possible.
in solidarity,
Dan