School of Visual Arts/Having a Talent Isn't Worth Much Unless You Know What to Do With It
1977
Designer
Milton Glaser
Publisher
School of Visual Arts
Printer
Visual Arts Press, LTD.
DIMENSIONS
45 x 29 1/2 in. (114.3 x 74.9 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.2025.1531
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mirko Ilić
KEYWORDS
College, Design, Education, Man, Nude
In this poster for the “Subway Series” issued by the School of Visual Arts, Glaser offers a surreal design of a painted male figure in the style of Michelangelo against patterned Pop-art wallpaper; one version of him stays in bed while the other, who has presumably made a better decision, is elevated to a cloud above, rather obliquely representing the quandary of a potential art student. This slogan was used in several SVA posters from this series each designed by a different artist.
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