As an art movement that emerged after the Russian October Revolution of 1917, constructivism developed from cubism, suprematism and futurism, which advocates that art is not merely for the sake of art, but also for the practical purposes. As the movement was considered as an artistic practice that express the new relationship between the artist and society, constructivism were widely seen within social media, such as political propaganda and commercial advertisement.
Soviet Propaganda
The works of the Russian constructivists (Vladmir Tatln, Alexander Rodchenko, EL Lissitzky, etc.) are based on geometric shapes and lines, they are carefully arranged within the frame that often displays the space with a static and balanced composition.
constructivism photography
Their photographic works remain the characteristic of constructivism art, and these images contain geometric forms like other constructivist works, such as sculpture, paintings and collages. These photographs are combined of photography’s own feature and the use of extreme composition that often shows a very high or low vantage point, and filled oblique angles and diagonal lines within the frame. They also depict the changing society and life of the post-revolutionary time with the designed form.
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