EXHIBITION 27 September 2014 to 22 March 2015
On 20th Dec I visited the Paper Persuaders exhibition which is at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. Paper Persuaders is an exhibition of posters from World War 1.
"The Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, quickly realised the need to recruit and expand the army. The government set up the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in August 1914 and began the campaign to increase recruits to fight for their country. Over the five years of the war, over 100 poster designs were commissioned to encourage and persuade people to do their bit." (RAMM, 2014). One can see, when faced with the perfectionism and patriotism of the text in the posters, how a piece of paper was all it took to get the young british men fired up and into the forces.
The exhibition was very informative and engaging, I particularly loved the colours used in the posters. I am looking forward to the rest of the exhibitions commemorating the First World War centenary.
(Photo by RAMM)
(Photo by RAMM)
+ Conservation
The room on conservation was also very interesting. There was a video playing of a conservator putting together a broken jar, very compelling to see the precision and detail they put into their work!
