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David Kent; designer; 1981; New Zealand
Overview
The poster called for a nationwide mobilisation on 1 May 1981 in an effort to force the New Zealand government to reconsider the tour. The tour went ahead, but protest action continued throughout, sometimes resulting in violence between protesters, supporters and police, eventually forcing the cancellation of two games.
The artwork combines crowd scenes from two different photographs - one of black South African children (in the background) and one of New Zealand protesters (in the foreground).