Task 4

Modernism part 1

Modernism as a whole movement, especially in Russia, was an art movement that transformed the art world forever. Art developed from 'art for arts sake' into finally becoming a way for artists to correctly express themselves and the world around them however they wanted. Things such as oppression and poverty definitely helped push this movement into the light too.

Notes from lecture^

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After watching the lecture I decided to look more into Russian constructivism to get a better understanding of the movement. Although this video is only short it gave a brief yet informative summary of the time period and how it effected art. 

Alexander Rodchenko, 1924.

This poster in particular is constructed so that your eye is drawn to the woman shouting, then because of the words ascending in height it draws you to read the writing besides her. This artwork in particular is made from a collage of photography, strong typography and bright inks. As you can see in the poster after this it also uses the same, red, white and blue. This was wildly popular in this era for the constructivist movement and was seen in majority of these posters.

El Lissitzky, 1920

Compared with the last poster, this posters composition is much less structured. That's because with the constructivist movement in Russia, artists decided to completely recreate art. They wanted to start all over again at point zero and so worked much more abstract and loose, therefore creating drastically different work like this. This piece in particular is now considered to be symbolic of the Russian civil war.
Both of these art pieces are examples of art made for the people. Constructivism started with just a new type/style of propaganda but very quickly became much more in the art world. It literally reconstructed what the definition of art is and still influences artists today.