OZ Posters

OZ magazine - both the Sydney and London editions which appeared between 1963-73 - was graphically intense, driven in large part by the art director Martin Sharp and a coterie of artists brought on board to assist with various issues. One outcome of this visual dynamism was the variety of posters issued in association with the London edition between 1967-71, though a couple of posters were also produced for the Australian version between 1964-6. As an example, a special poster which very much reflected the influence of British turn of the century artist Aubrey Beardsley was produced by Sharp in February 1967 to announce the first number of London OZ . The production of posters continued right through to the latter editions of the magazine, with a poster of Janis Joplin included with OZ magazine No.36 in July 1971, by which time Sharp was no longer actively involved with the magazine, having returned to Australia in 1969. The numerous posters issued with OZ were presented in  a vari