Citizen Printer Book by Amos Paul Kennedy
Join us for an Artist Talk and Book Signing with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. at MCBA on Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. When the book is added to your cart, you will be able to choose whether you’d like to pick up your copy during the event and we will hold it for you. Book pre-orders must be placed by midnight on January 16, 2025 to ensure enough copies will be available.
“A self-described “humble negro printer,” Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., is internationally recognized for his type-driven messages of social justice and Black power, emblazoned in rhythmically layered and boldly inked prints made for the masses. Borrowing words from civil rights heroes such as Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, Kennedy issues fearless statements on race, capitalism, history, and politics—along with plenty of witty truisms—in his exuberant, colorful, and one-of-a-kind posters and handbills.
A vital monograph on a trailblazing contemporary Black artist, Citizen Printer features more than 800 reproductions representing the breadth of Kennedy’s letterpress prints (including rarely seen artist’s books), plus original portraiture of the maker at work, a powerful manifesto, and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Austin Kleon, all presented in a dynamic and type-forward design from AIGA medalist Gail Anderson and Joe Newton.
With essays by scholars Kelly Walters and Myron M. Beasley, Citizen Printer tells Kennedy’s inspiring story and contextualizes his work within the entwined legacies of Black printing and Black protest—and offers readers tools for lifting their voices so they too can agitate, agitate, agitate for a better TODAY.” - Letterform Archive Books
12” x 9” x 1.25”
*This item is discount eligible.
Join us for an Artist Talk and Book Signing with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. at MCBA on Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. When the book is added to your cart, you will be able to choose whether you’d like to pick up your copy during the event and we will hold it for you. Book pre-orders must be placed by midnight on January 16, 2025 to ensure enough copies will be available.
“A self-described “humble negro printer,” Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., is internationally recognized for his type-driven messages of social justice and Black power, emblazoned in rhythmically layered and boldly inked prints made for the masses. Borrowing words from civil rights heroes such as Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, Kennedy issues fearless statements on race, capitalism, history, and politics—along with plenty of witty truisms—in his exuberant, colorful, and one-of-a-kind posters and handbills.
A vital monograph on a trailblazing contemporary Black artist, Citizen Printer features more than 800 reproductions representing the breadth of Kennedy’s letterpress prints (including rarely seen artist’s books), plus original portraiture of the maker at work, a powerful manifesto, and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Austin Kleon, all presented in a dynamic and type-forward design from AIGA medalist Gail Anderson and Joe Newton.
With essays by scholars Kelly Walters and Myron M. Beasley, Citizen Printer tells Kennedy’s inspiring story and contextualizes his work within the entwined legacies of Black printing and Black protest—and offers readers tools for lifting their voices so they too can agitate, agitate, agitate for a better TODAY.” - Letterform Archive Books
12” x 9” x 1.25”
*This item is discount eligible.
Join us for an Artist Talk and Book Signing with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. at MCBA on Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. When the book is added to your cart, you will be able to choose whether you’d like to pick up your copy during the event and we will hold it for you. Book pre-orders must be placed by midnight on January 16, 2025 to ensure enough copies will be available.
“A self-described “humble negro printer,” Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., is internationally recognized for his type-driven messages of social justice and Black power, emblazoned in rhythmically layered and boldly inked prints made for the masses. Borrowing words from civil rights heroes such as Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, Kennedy issues fearless statements on race, capitalism, history, and politics—along with plenty of witty truisms—in his exuberant, colorful, and one-of-a-kind posters and handbills.
A vital monograph on a trailblazing contemporary Black artist, Citizen Printer features more than 800 reproductions representing the breadth of Kennedy’s letterpress prints (including rarely seen artist’s books), plus original portraiture of the maker at work, a powerful manifesto, and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Austin Kleon, all presented in a dynamic and type-forward design from AIGA medalist Gail Anderson and Joe Newton.
With essays by scholars Kelly Walters and Myron M. Beasley, Citizen Printer tells Kennedy’s inspiring story and contextualizes his work within the entwined legacies of Black printing and Black protest—and offers readers tools for lifting their voices so they too can agitate, agitate, agitate for a better TODAY.” - Letterform Archive Books
12” x 9” x 1.25”
*This item is discount eligible.
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is an American printer, book artist and papermaker best known for social and political commentary, particularly in printed posters.
