In 1987, Paul Brancato, a violinist for the San Francisco Orchestra, and Salim Yaqub, then a young designer just out of art school, teamed up to create a playing card set devoted to the late-1980s Iran-Contra scandal. (Thread of all 36 cards)
The cards aimed to give an overview of the nooks and crannies of the entire affair, showcasing the cast of players in the US, Latin America, and the Middle East. The cards start with the Iran-Contra Hearings themselves (Card 1), depicting a dour and seemingly cowed Oliver North.
The Contras were fighting against the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), having finally won the civil war against the brutal dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle (Card 2). The US was terrified about any communist influence in the Western hemisphere.
The Vietnam Vencera (βVietnam will Triumphβ) portfolio, a very rare document of Cuban revolutionary propaganda, is made up of 13 screen printed posters.
The posters were exhibited in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. These silkscreens in some cases contain up to 36 colors; less than 100 copies were produced.
The most unusual and rare icons of the βHoly Trinityβ are mixed-hypostatic. (thread)
The word hypostasis means the essence of being or form, the way of its manifestation. The name βmixed-hypostaticβ is given because the faces of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit on the icon do not differ from each other. All the faces are brought together into one.
The eyes of the central face belong simultaneously to two more, located on the right and left. The unknown icon painter strove in this way to express the unity and indivisibility of the Holy Trinity.