Redback Graphix Art For Sale

Michael Callaghan’s archive of original Redback Graphix posters and his own artwork is for sale. There are limited copies available. All artwork includes a certificate of authentication from Michael’s estate. Posters in excellent condition will be sold. Other works on paper and paintings by Michael are all in excellent condition.

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Concrete, Phonetic, Simultaneous, Semaphore Poems  1970/71 (2006)

Concrete, Phonetic, Simultaneous, Semaphore Poems 1970/71 (2006)

From the typewriter bombers to the flag poem Callaghan’s early works on paper are either an anti-war protest or a homage to conceptual art movements. Visual poetics – the word or the semaphore alphabet is also the image.

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Earthworks 1972-1979

Earthworks 1972-1979

Earthworks produced some of the most iconic images of political activism in the 1970s, including ‘Give Frazer the Razor’. Posted up at night around Sydney these posters helped politicize a generation of Australian youth.

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Michael Callaghan Survey Show - Life and Death 2006

Michael Callaghan Survey Show - Life and Death 2006

Callaghan’s fascination with cultural imagery around death, focused sharply by his personal battle with mortality were the impetus for this series. Part self-portrait and completely a defiant putting face to death in an explosion of colour.

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Michael Callaghan Torture Memo 2010

Michael Callaghan Torture Memo 2010

A deft visual communicator with a penchant for satire, this work was a culmination of Callaghan’s artistic and political concerns, crystallising its themes and demonstrating his continued relevance to the Australian cultural landscape.

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Redback Graphix 1979-1994

Redback Graphix 1979-1994

Redback’s posters – their majestic scale, luscious surfaces, lolly-like brightness – belong to a historically specific moment. It may have been brief in duration but wow was it volcanic in force.

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Redback Graphix 1995-2002

Redback Graphix 1995-2002

Callaghan translated the graphic style developed during his career to the off-set medium producing vibrant, visually stimulating one off designs with his usual typographical and visual style for a range of clients.

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Tribute Show

Tribute Show

The exhibition focus was on the international corporations and the middlemen, of private and government, who foster and profit from the international trade in arms.

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