Contructivism Case Study

1. Contructivism came to prominence during/after the first World War, a period between 1914-1921.
2. The main artists involved in this movement included but not limited to Naum Gabo, El Lissitzky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandr Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova.
3. Their aims and inspiration was that they had wanted to create a utopian society, (an ideal and equal society with people who tolerate and do not discriminate.) they also wanted to explore the textual and spatial qualities and combinations of contemporary materials and they also wanted to make art more accessible as part of the ideal utopian society. So they decided that they would use  more everyday materials and refused to use paint whatsoever.
4. The different materials that they worked with included metal, glass, wood and cardboard, using them in architecture, design, sculpture and painting.

                                                   

5. This poster (that I found through Google Images!) was made by Aleksandr Rodchenko. the colours used for this poster are red and black, because red is used as the colour for the Russian flag, red is a colour commonly associated with anger, (e.g. "seeing red") so by using red Rodchenko roused the peoples' anger to rise up in the name of their country. In his compositions, he used geometric shapes and customised fonts, which underpinned his design and gave a nostalgic feel to his work.

6. This is a piece of artwork by El Lissitzky. His work is best described as usually having three dimensional shapes which usually tend to have contradictory tones. He also uses a sort of geometrical style in his work. He also works with different perspectives which adds a lot of variation to the depth of the images from time to time. It also keeps the observer occupied for a long time.