Paper breezes : [poster]

Hand painted and stencilled poster by Melbourne born painter and illustrator John Hinds promoting his exhibition at Bonython-Meadmore Gallery 4 - 29 April 1987.

Bonython-Meadmore Gallery was in North Adelaide and closed in 1990. It showed contemporary Australian painting, sculpture and prints.

John Hinds produces colourful prints and mixed media paintings which reflect his training in interior design. He held 12 solo exhibitions between 1979 and 2006 in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. He was awarded an Australia-Japan Foundation grant in 1983 and a South Australia Department for the Arts grant in 1985. His work is in the Art Gallery of South Australia and Artbank and other collections.

The Library holds another of John Hinds' posters Dancing scissors which is a linocut print promoting an exhibition of his neo-decorative paperworks at Roundspace, 21 Roper Street, Adelaide, 1 - 24 December 1982.

Posters are considered part of the graphic design arts rather than 'art' as such, and art dictionaries often do not incude an entry for the poster. This may be because posters are usually produced for a purpose - to make people go to a concert or a gallery or a sporting event, to buy a new product or go on a holiday - rather than produced as artworks. Posters can also be produced simply as decorative art, but usually inexpensively on inexpensive paper. Vintage posters - those printed 50 to 100 years ago - are highly collectable and have investment value.

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