September 11, 2013 | Mark Kaufman | 1 Comment

United Prints of America by Sean Mort

UK based illustrator, printmaker and designer Sean Mort has a new poster show entitled United Prints of America at Galerie F in Chicago this month. From what I’ve seen online about the show it looks like a clever, spare, minimalist take on the US of A. Not exactly Alexis de Tocqueville, but is there a way to capture a place like Chicago that encompasses hot dogs and pizza and gun violence and music and art and politics and ethnic diversity and poverty and wealth and,,,? Maybe, but Sean sticks to a limited color palette and sunny but limited view of America. And that’s OK too.

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Author:Mark Kaufman

Mark Kaufman is a partner at Vivitiv, an issue oriented design firm providing creative services for organizations involved in housing, technology issues, education, the environment, and the arts. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Progressive, National Lampoon, The Stranger, and The Oxford American. Mr. Kaufman writes and draws the comic strips American Affairs Desk and I Drew This Thing. Mark is Vice President Communications, ICON9 The Illustration Conference and is an editor at Illustration Age. Mark Kaufman's Illustration Site ///// Vivitiv Issue Oriented Design

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