Lovin' Locally Part II

In honor of Flatstock 16 (thanks sfgirlbybay!), I wanted to showcase some of my favorite posters from the Belly Up here in San Diego (well, Solana Beach). I keep meaning to collect posters from shows I see there (the Neko Case one is my fav but I couldn't find Will Oldham!). I really love show/event posters of all kinds especially work from Diana Sudyka and Francesca Montanari .

CYRK

I was checking out the Stamp and Matchboxes post on Orange You Lucky! last night and the mid-century Euro stamps reminded me of the poster exhibit that's going on right now at Birch North Park Theatre of Polish and Jewish CYRK, theatre, and opera posters. These posters were done by pretty prominent artists of that time period and the artists tended to hide their own social and political commentary in their artwork. Bears often represented the former Soviet Union and the use of the English word "circus" instead of CYRK may have hinted at a pro-Western outlook.