I have been looking at the work of sister corita - a nun working as a graphic designer from the 1950's through to the 1970's..she used graphic design to communicate the word of God and particular political messages - she took her inspiration from street signage and expressionist artists as her work developed it became less pictorial and more typographic with the use of very strong colours that were influenced from commercial places such as supermarket advertising and often used the colours of well known brands in her work.
I like the hand drawn feel to her work - it is screen printed. For her exhibitions she built an installation out of painted cardboard boxes to display her work which is a really nice touch. Some of these images show her work and what i have been looking at.
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