A NOTE ON RUSSIAN CONSTRUCTIVISM
T
he use of color, imagery and lines throughout After Hours at the Moscow Propaganda Club are based on the principles of Russian Constructivism. In the years following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, artists such as Aleksandr Rodchenko and Liubov Popova were leading figures in the avante-garde art movement known as Russian Constructivism. These artists developed a unique stylistic vocabulary and aesthetic of their own, convinced that these new forms of art could play a key role in transforming society and reorganizing everyday life. The Constructivist movement influenced nearly every aspect of art, including publishing, painting, photography, cinema and design.