Michael Callaghan b. 1952

  • Designer (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
Michael Callaghan's political posters helped define urban dissent in the 1970s. Later he founded Redback Graphix and created the popular health poster figure 'Condoman'.
Tags: Street posters, Political art

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Imparja music from Black Australia’, printed by Redback Graphix’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365495

  • Manly Art Gallery (2006), 'Michael Callaghan: A survey 1967 -2006’.

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna (March 2007), 'Michael Callaghan: a survey’.

    http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/2939/michael-callaghan-a-survey/

  • Phipps, Jennifer (November 1975), 'Project 9: Documents, Film, Video’.

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Posters, 'Stiletto’, designed by Michael Callaghan’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365411

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Posters, 'Films on Black Australia’, printed by Earthworks Poster Collective’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365374

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Smash uranium police states!’, designed by Michael Callaghan’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365405

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Yugoslav Folkloric Arts’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365443

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’90/106 T-Shirt, 'Imparja. Music from Black Australia.’, cotton, Michael Callaghan/ Redback Graphix, Wollongong/Annandale, NSW, 1985’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/102286

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival 1985’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365496

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365497

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Aboriginal Radio in Aboriginal country’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365498

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'A Pena in support of El Salvador’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365415

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'CAAMA poster’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/110694

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Posters, 'Steel City pictures’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365419

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'The stolen land’', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365386

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Poster, 'Sometime soon’, printed at Earthworks Poster Collective’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/365413

  • A poster, co-designed with Ann Stephen is illustrated in Jos. Lebovic, Collectors List 197, 2019, p.22, also by Callaghan, a poster for “Circus Oz” 1995, p.31

  • MARY CALLAGHAN (1955-2016) discussing relationship with Michael Callaghan

    https://www.roninfilms.com.au/person/262/mary-callaghan.html

Initial data sources

  • Powerhouse Museum