Power Up [group of 4 serigraphs]

Four panels spell the phrase "power up" using large, capital letters in a variety of colors.

Corita, artist (1918 – 1986)
Daniel Joseph Berrigan, SJ, author (1921 – 2016)
Screenprint/serigraph on Pellon
ed. 100
ca. 1965
1111.1.6564

Power Up merges art, design aesthetics, and politics. Sister Corita (Elizabeth Kent) was an educator, activist and nun who infused her Pop Art prints with religious and overt political content absent in the work of her peers in the movement. This print, which was based on an advertisement for Richfield Oil gasoline company and a line from a sermon by Jesuit priest and anti-war activist Daniel Berrigan, continues to inspire. Most recently posters based on Power Up were carried in the 2016 Women’s March in Washington, DC.