Sunday, April 22, 2018

Anti-pollution medal by Vasco Berardo

Another anti-pollution art medal.

Portugal, 1974. Vasco Berardo (1933-2017). 95mm. Mintage 400

Obv: Poluição / Cavaleiro do Apocalipse (=Polution / Horsemen of the Apocalypse); Bust wearning gas mask and headphones; demon birds behind; artist's signature below. The entire field engulfed in poisonous vapors.

Rev: Caped rider wearing armor and shield on left arm, holding wrench in right hand, riding right on armored horse motorized horse through wisps of pollution.

From a series of six horsemen. Pestilence is one of the original four horsemen described in the Biblical book of Revelation. In Berardo's vision the horsemen are Peste (Plague), Fome (Hunger), Poluicao (Pollution), Morte (Death), Guerra (War), and Droga (Drugs).

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