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Michael Callaghan b. 1952

  • Designer (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
Michael Callaghan's political posters helped define urban dissent in the 1970s. Later he founded Redback Graphix and created the popular health poster figure 'Condoman'.
Tags: Street posters, Political art
  • Biographical Data b. 1952 Wollongong, NSW
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 8 people
  • Groups 4 groups
  • Works 15 works
  • Exhibitions 3 exhibitions
  • Collections 4 collections
  • Recognitions
  • References 19 references
Poster, 'Imparja music from Black Australia', printed by Redback Graphix
URL
http://from.ph/365495

2007/56/112

 
Posters, 'Stiletto', designed by Michael Callaghan
URL
http://from.ph/365411

2007/56/28

 
Posters, 'Films on Black Australia', printed by Earthworks Poster Collective
URL
http://from.ph/365374

2007/56/6

 
Poster, 'Smash uranium police states!', designed by Michael Callaghan
URL
http://from.ph/365405

2007/56/22

 
Poster, 'Yugoslav Folkloric Arts'
URL
http://from.ph/365443

2007/56/60

 
Poster, 'Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival 1985'
URL
http://from.ph/365496

2007/56/113

 
Poster, 'Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival'
URL
http://from.ph/365497

2007/56/114

 
Poster, 'Aboriginal Radio in Aboriginal country'
URL
http://from.ph/365498

2007/56/115

 
Poster, 'A Pena in support of El Salvador'
URL
http://from.ph/365415

2007/56/32

 
Posters, 'Steel City pictures'
URL
http://from.ph/365419

2007/56/36

 
Poster, 'The stolen land'
URL
http://from.ph/365386

2007/56/16

 
Poster, 'Sometime soon', printed at Earthworks Poster Collective
URL
http://from.ph/365413

2007/56/30

 
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Courtesy of: Powerhouse Museum
90/106 T-Shirt, 'Imparja. Music from Black Australia.', cotton, Michael Callaghan/ Redback Graphix, Wollongong/Annandale, NSW, 1985
Date
URL
http://from.ph/102286

90/106

 
CAAMA poster
Date
URL
http://from.ph/110694

90/91

 
creator of
Give Fraser the Razor
Date
Note: Iconic protest poster after the 1975 dismissal of Gough Whitlam
 
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Updated March 3, 2023
Created Aug. 25, 2011
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