In this rendition of rapper Ludacris' album cover for "Theatre of the Mind," graphic designer Joe Buck is taking cues from OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. OSPAAAL has been active since the 1960s, housing one of the most sophisticated workshops for poster production in the world. Artist and late Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Emory Douglass once collaborated with OSPAAAL in efforts to speak out against the subjugation of people of color all over the world. Contemporary artists like Shepard Fairey and Joe Buck are drawing upon a legacy of image production that even today still resonates with society.
Left: Revised album cover, Ludacris, Theatre of the Mind.
Right: Cuban Film Week Poster, 1969.
