Visual Culture- 1920's in Europe and Russia

1920-35 in Europe and Russia

At the start of the 1920's Soviet posters had themes such as enemies, revolutionary ideas, literacy and health and because of their experimental texts, colours, fonts and general layout Soviet posters stood out against the art of other countries. El Lissitzky created the first example of this with 'Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge'.[1]
'The first such example was introduced by El Lissitzky, and published n Vitebsk in
1920.'[2]
Photomontage was then developed by Gustav Klutsis which helped people understand aspects of the country's past and future and the society they live in. The design and the powerful colours and shapes also pay a huge part in the viusual effect of the posters.
'Gustav Klutsis introduced the new technique of Photomontage where art and reality
are represented in the same image.' 'Dynamic, powerfully designed, based on
contrasting colours and shapes, these early posters offered the masses images that
reflected real life; they compared the country's past and future, and pointed out
achievements in industry and the economy.' 'creating a language of signs that
conveyed a certain message that people would see and understand.' [3]
This became an art so the majority of people understood about the aims of the new Soviet government after the Revolution. There were many posters created and it made the citizens express more of their thoughts through imagery and posters. [4][5][6][7]