Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics was an exhibit at the House of Illustration that was comprised of Cuban revolutionary propaganda posters and magazines which were spread by OSPAAAL: Fidel Castro’s Organisation of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America, an organisation founded to promote cooperation between socialist countries and liberation movements. 

I think that the posters in this exhibit were all really successfull. They got the point across even though they were in different languages. the imagery was strong and that taught me that is how you can make your poster resonate with others. Most of the posters were using bright colors, which would catch peoples eye on the street. The scenes/ people that were being depicted were important to the movement it was for and/or the culture of the people it was trying to reach which is another thing that I think was successful about the posters because it creates meaning and community with the people reading it. 

Day of the Heroic Guerrilla - Helena Serrano, 1968

OSPAAAL Screenprint on paper

From 1968, 9 October was designed as the 'Day of the Heroic Guerrilla' to mark the anniversary of Che Guevara's death. Helena Serrano was working at the Cuban government's propaganda commission when she was asked to produce this poster, her only design for OSPAAAL. 

Day of World Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands - Olivio Martínez Viera, 1974

OSPAAAL - Screenprint on paper

At the Tricontinental conference, Fidel Castro described Amilcar Lopes de Costa Cabral as "one of the most lucid and brilliant leaders in Africa". From 1963 until his death in 1973, Cabrla led a guerrilla fight against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea- Bissau. Olivio Martínez Viera pictures him wearing a sumbia, a traditional Guinean skullcap. 

For the Peaceful and Independent Reunification Of Korea 

Lázaro Abreu Padrón, 1969

OSPAAAL 

Offset lithograph on paper

Day of World Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of South Africa 

Olivio Martínez Viera 1974

OSPAAAL

Offset lithograph on paper

International Week of Solidarity with Latin America - Jesús Forjans Boade, 1969

OSPAAAL - Screenprint on paper

Guatemala - Olivio Martínez Viera, 1968

OSPAAAL - Screenprint on paper

Angola: Day of Solidarity

Daysi García López, 1969

OSPAAAL 

Offset lithogrpaph on paper

Day of Solidarity with the Afro-American people 

Daysi Garcia López, 1969

OSPAAAL 

Offset lithograph in paper

Untitled - Olivio Martínez Viera, 1917

OSPAAAL Offset lithograph on paper

With a dip pen drawing, Olivio Martínez Viera represents the U.S.A. as a monstrous organism extracting natural resources from Africa for financial gain. 

Day of Solidarity with the Japanese People - Guillermo Menéndez, 1968

OSPAAAL - Offset lithograph on paper

Day of Solidarity With The People of Laos - Rafael Zarza González, 1969

OSPAAAL - Offset lithograph on paper

Asia - Jesús Forjans Boade, 1969

OSPAAAL Screenprint on paper

Day of world Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands

Olivio Martínez Viera, 1974

Hatuey the First - Gladys Acosta Ávila, 1992

OSPAAAL - Screenprint on paper

In the 1511 Spanish conquistadors invaded Cuba. They were resisted by a group of indigenous Taíno people, led by caique (chief) Hatuey. Though he was eventually captured and killed, Hatuey is celebrated as the first icon of resistance to colonial rule in Cuba.