Anthony Burrill

Instead of using traditional printing ink, Anthony Burrill screenprinted this poster with oil and sand collected from the Gulf of Mexico. After an explosion in April 2010 on an oil rig operated by the British Petroleum Company (BP), 210 million gallons of oil flooded the waters off the Louisiana shoreline for the next six months, creating one of the largest environmental disasters in world history. The environmental and economic impacts of the spill continue to affect wildlife and communities in the area to this day. Produced as a fundraiser for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the poster’s bold, direct statement is amplified by the toxic sludge used to print it.

–Brendan Campbell, graphic designer