- Robbie Conal
Robbie Conal is an American guerilla
poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A formerhippie , he is noted for his use ofsnipe s to distribute his poster art throughout a city overnight.Conal's parents were both union organizers, and he grew up in
Manhattan . He "graduated" in arts fromSan Francisco State University in 1969, although he was two credits short of a degree.Jeff Penalty and Simon Steinhardt, [http://swindlemagazine.com/issueicons/robbie-conal/ "Robbie Conal"] , "Swindle" magazine.] After living briefly inCanada he obtained a MFA fromStanford University in 1978, and moved to the Los Angeles area in 1984, where he currently resides. Conal is anAdjunct Professor of Painting & Drawing at theUniversity of Southern California 's Roski School of Fine Arts.Conal's work has been featured in numerous publications, including "Time", "
Newsweek ", the "New York Times ", the "Los Angeles Times ", as well asCBS 's "This Morning " and "Charlie Rose ". He was the subject of the 1992 documentary "Post No Bills " directed by filmmaker Clay Walker. He has also written two books, "Art Attack: The Midnight Politics Of A Guerrilla Artist" and "Artburn," a collection of his work published in the alternative newspaperL.A. Weekly . He has been awarded grants by theNational Endowment for the Arts and theGetty Trust .In 2004, Conal joined artists
Shepard Fairey andMear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective Post Gen.Conal was also one of the 112 members at the "Table of Free Voices" event in Berlin.
One of Conal's posters is prominently displayed in a scene in the 1999 film "The Insider".
References
External links
* [http://www.robbieconal.com/ Robbie Conal's Art Attack!]
* [http://postgen.com/ Post Gen website]
* [http://droppingknowledge.org/ Dropping Knowledge]ee also
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Guerilla art
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