Cortes-Earle's artwork is analyzed in University of Ohio Text Book

Ceciliaís poster "Not For Play. Not for Sale." was analyzed in the new textbook, Making Art, Form and Meaning, by Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, Terry Barrett, who currently teaches in the department of Art Education and Art History at the University of North Texas.

The poster is included in the chapter that discusses Postmodernist Approaches to Making Art along with other well-known international contemporary artists' work, and is used as an example of utilizing visual dissonance when trying to convey a message.

Below is an abstract from the textbook:

"...Lack of harmony or agreement between elements in a work causes tension referred to as dissonance. As we saw in Chapter 5, clashing colors can create visual dissonance in a work. In what Print magazine calls personal project, Cecilia Cortes-Earle created an award winning poster (11.28) employing dissonance between a plaything for a young girl -- a would-be page from a cutout book -- and young girls as playthings in the international sex market."

If you are interested, you can purchase a copy of the book online.