Revolutionary Film Posters.
Aesthetic Experiments of Russian Constructivism, 1920-33
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY - May 6th 2011 - July 29th 2011
Tony Shafrazi Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition, “Revolutionary Film Posters: Aesthetic Experiments of Russian Constructivism, 1920-33,” a comprehensive collection of rare and exquisite Russian film posters, on view through July 30, 2011.
Culled from the world’s largest collection of Russian Film Posters from the great era of Constructivism, the 95 examples of the medium on view represent a unique opportunity to survey how one of the most significant movements in the early 20th Century avant-garde informed a radical graphic style that has had a dramatic influence on the development of fine art and design over many subsequent generations. Most of the work shown, though originally produced in the hundreds, constitutes the only surviving examples, and few have ever been publicly exhibited before.
Reacting to the chaos of the Russian Revolution, the Constructivists sought order and felt it their civic duty to engineer a more stable and harmonious society. While their utopian ideals and rigorously experimental aesthetics were applied across the entire social spectrum of contemporary experience to every mode of creative endeavor including architecture, art, dance, fashion, film, literature, poetry, publishing and theater, this golden age of poster art has not yet received the scholarship afforded most of the cultural production from that era.
The information on this page was taken from the Tony Shafrazi Gallery webpage (English).
Installation view.
Installation view.
Location and Contact Information:
Tony Shafrazi Gallery
544 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1 212-274-9300
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