LeninV. Briskin, 1970
The author of this poster is Veneamin Briskin - a brilliant illustrator and a graphic artist, whose best works included Maxim Gorky and Mark Twain books. He created a series of posters called “Europe after the War” and illustrations to “Vasili Tyorkin” – poem about a soviet soldier by famous poet Aleksandr Tvardovsky.
This poster was created for international exhibition “Satire Fighting for Peace”, held in 1971 in Moscow. In the early seventies War in Vietnam was raging and the relations between USSR and USA was tense, so Soviet Union kept propagating positive image of the Soviet Union. One of the means was taking part and organizing of various events, which despite being politically biased, did exhibit many modern works of art.
The poster’s style is laconic. It was designed for European audience, bearing no slogans or sayings by soviet leaders. The red word «Lenin» refers to the first leader of Soviet Socialist Republic – Vladimir Lenin, whose ideas and works formed the basis for communist ideology in Russia.
Lenin
2 comments:
But we can read more into what is admittedly a spare composition. The urban fabric of the background is Western -- New York or London, but certainly not a Russian city. In the lower right is a Communist poster of Lenin's era, likely functioning as a reminder of struggles past as well as a graphic contrast with the simplicity of the rest of the composition.
It's probably worth mentioning that the Thaw ushered in a revival of the cult of Lenin as a replacement for the cult of Stalin.
Great comment, it is! Thanks!
Post a Comment