ALIENS, Authentic Polish Movie Poster, Andrzej Pagowski James Cameron 1st print

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ALIENS, Authentic Polish Movie Poster, Andrzej Pagowski James Cameron 1st print.
Highly collectible! This is an original vintage movie poster for James Cameron and Sigourney Weavers 1986 film “Aliens”
It comes rolled, not folded, and is in exceptional condition. I can take more pictures if you’re interested.
These Polish posters and the story behind them is so cool. From Wikipedia:
The Polish School of Posters was an approach to poster design which started during the post World War II period in Poland from the 1950s continuing through the 1980s. In the aftermath of the German and Soviet occupations and subsequent insertion of the pro-Soviet Polish People's Republic (PPR), Poland was in a phase of economic stagnation and were rebuilding their infrastructure and cultural institutions. In the post-war economy under bureaucratic censorship and regulation, Polish artists had limited artistic opportunities, but they were able to use the poster as their means of artistic expression and career. Some reasons the poster continued to thrive during this time period were the reopening of cultural venues such as theaters for cinema and performances as well as the state sponsorship of poster making.[2]
Before the Polish School of Posters, during the Stalin era, Socialist Realism was the only sanctioned aesthetic for the fine arts and design in Poland. Not to be confused with Social Realism which also depicted the working class, Socialist Realism in Poland was used solely as propaganda for the pro-Soviet government. Socialist Realist posters depicted the elevated laborer pursuing the Soviet state’s political goals using a strictly realist style. Due to the vetting process for the arts, artists couldn’t exhibit abstract or subjective work, but they were able to use symbolism, metaphor, and allusion to convey their ideas.[2] These visual techniques became characteristic of poster designers of the Polish School of Posters and near the mid 1950s, as Stalin-era repressions loosened and state sponsorship of poster making continued, poster designers gained more artistic freedom.
The title Polish School of Posters was first applied to the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1950s and may have been first used by designer Jan Lenica. In this academy, poster making was given its own category and was seen as an equal to the institution's other artistic disciplines. Often Polish posters of this era were not a super effective forms of advertisement, nor were they necessarily meant to be, rather they were made for the purpose of being works of art.[3] Polish Poster School designers used allusion, symbolism, and metaphor to engage the viewer in interpreting the imagery on their posters. The conceptual imagery was meant to evoke subjective associations in the viewer that were not literally visible on the paper. Many of these posters were witty, humorous, and included fantastical and allegorical elements in their design. Critics experienced difficulty trying to find the common thread between these posters because of their individuality, but they tended to group them by their painterly gesture and linear style and traced their vibrant colors back to folk art.[4]
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