I've been scouring the library since seeing all that amazing Russian 1920's art on the Culture Show. I've come across some incredible work! Mainly by the Stenburg Brothers.
As i've been comparing American & Russian contrasts in Animation from around the time of the space race it's really interesting to contrasting film posters. These Russian exmaples are really reminiscent of Constructivism but also I feel when compared to American film posters from the same time they almost almost express the contrasts between art nouveau & art deco.
This 1920's Nikolai Prusakov poster of 'The Glass Eye' from 1929 is a really good example of what an Art Deco inspired piece may represent. Although when compared to a poster from the 1920's in America like this one... Hells Angels in 1928. The angular use of line, shape and blocks of colour are still apparent but there is still a softness reminiscent of Art Nouveau. This is just a small observation but I feel it kind of represents the constraints of Russia at the time where as America expresses the opposite approach
It's really hard to express what I mean, but the contrasts I have highlighted are ones i've seen throughout the comparisons I have made in my research. America's expression of "free thinking" through art & advertising and Russia's stricter approach is always really obvious in early representations of culture.
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