Give 'Em Both Barrels · Jean Carlu · 1941

	— collectable
lithography — mass production		|
	— battle for public space — anti- corporation

Style: propaganda
Genre: political
Location: store fronts, walls


After WWII broke out, posters were aimed to mobilize sentiment and drum up war support. Recalling the Uncle Sam poster, propaganda graphic visuals were often pictorial, relying on familiar conventions of realistic illusion. However, flat and obold imagery like Jean Carlu's poster also functioned symbolically. Carlu repetitively juxtaposes a worker against a combat soldier, making a connection between what they represent. The silhouette of the soldier has a sense of solidity and foce by contrast against the lighter tones. This parallel juxtaposition portrays the common goal between the soldier and the worker indicated by a shared effort aimed in the same direction.