The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy, and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change. Focusing on the issues of our turbulent times, these 121 posters endeavor to show that social, political and aesthetic concerns of many cultures in a single exhibition through delineating themes and contrasting political realities.