Review

Review on the Russian Revolution Posters

From the moment you walk into the room, the boldness and colour of the posters over powers you. Immediately you can tell the purpose of the art that you stand before.

The wide range of posters that are displayed within the exhibition show many of the different posters that were produced during the Russian Revolution. The exhibition of poetry and dream within the Tate Modern shows the 'to the point' aspects of the use of propaganda that was used at the time to provoke a wide range of people of all ages and also to people that were not educated and could not read meaning that the images portrayed had to be easily understood by everyone. Because of this need to educate every person at the time, the collection of posters provided by the David King collection showed a wide range, yet strangely similar posters with the colour of red being repeatedly used and the font being extremely bold and in your face made you understand the meaning straight away. It is clear that it was all about simplicity.

As you can see from one of the posters below, the black background with the red of the women's dress shows immediately that they are showing the need for woman to stand up for themselves.

Fascism - The most evil enemy of women. Everyone to the struggle against fascism! 1941
(Tate Modern.2013.www.tate.org.uk)

The many Russian Revolutions posters are inspiring to see and makes you think about how the two concepts of simplicity and boldness could be used within other fields of art and design practices such as architecture. The vastly growing concept of open space living and statement buildings within London alone are eye catching and over powering in there own right.

The curator Mathew Gale also conveyed that exhibition of posters brilliantly with the cluster positioning of the posters, as it emphasized how propaganda is so powerful and forceful. It made you feel so small as you looked up to see the vast range of pictures.

Overall, the many different artists that have been mentioned within the room have all been able to make an impact throughout the time of the Russian Revolution but I believe that the cluster creation within the Tate will continue to make people think and be inspired for a long time.

Tate.(2013. Russian Revolution Posters. Available: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/russianrevolutionposters. Last accessed 4th Oct 2013.