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El Lissitzky - Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge!  (1919)

Following the Russian Revolution of October 1917, Lenin and the Constructivist artists launched a programme of monumental art and street art. In a number of works they demonstrated their hostility towards war and their support of the revolutionary masses. Lissitzky declared, “The traditional book should be flung in every direction - multiplied a hundredfold and brightly coloured - in the form of posters exhibited in the streets.”

Lissitzky created this poster in order to support the Red Army. The red triangle penetrating the white circle symbolises the Red Army aggressively attacking the counter-revolutionary White Russians. The small red triangles on either side of the large red triangle (the Red Army) represent small groups of Red soldiers and proletarian and peasant allies.

This Constructivist poster, organised around simple geometric forms and the three predominant colours red, white and black, succeeds in evoking movement and the spirit of the Revolution.

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(via aintnot)