1848 Paris Revolution

Watercolours derived from posters made during the 1848 Paris Revolution. Text, layout and typefaces are taken from Les Murailles Révolutionnaires, a publication from 1851 that comprehensively collected all posters, manifestos, revolutionary club membership cards and tokens, declarations of candidacy, etc., that were distributed or pasted on walls during the uprising. 

Avis au Peuple, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Au Peuple, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Citoyens, 2017. watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Victoire et L’Ordre, 2017, watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

Heureux, 2017, watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

Commune de Paris, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

A Tous les Artistes, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Club de L’Égalité, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Garde National, 2017, watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Justice et Raison, 2017, watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

République Française, 2017, watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

Paroles d’un Mort, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Pensées d’un Ouvrier, 2017, watercolor on paper, 20″x30″

Premier Cocarde, 2017. watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Cocarde Tricolore, 2017. watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Club Signatories, 2017. watercolor on paper, 22″x30″

Mairie de Paris, 2017, watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Club de la Révolution, 2017, watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Comité Centrale, 2017, watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Club Socialiste, 2017, watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

Club Blanqui, 2017, watercolor on paper, 19″x26″

In 2021 four of these were shown in Speculative Magenta Hauntology, Ruschwoman, Chicago, curated by Matt Morris.

1871 Paris Commune

A group of watercolors that superimpose lyrics by anarcho-punk band Crass and statements by the great anarchists of the 1871 Paris Commune, Louise Michel and August Blanqui. In Blanqui’s case the Crass lyrics are superimposed on a story Walter Benjamin tells about the anarchist leader secretly reviewing his anarchist troops on the Champs-Élysées. 

Louise Michel-Crass 1, 2017, watercolor on paper, 30″x22″

Louise Michel-Crass 2, 2017, watercolor on paper, 30″x22″

Auguste Blanqui-Crass 1, 2017, watercolor on paper, 30″x22″

Auguste Blanqui-Crass 1, 2017, watercolor on paper, 30″x22″