Poster Exhibition of So-Ky at Kunsthalle

So-Ky

Publication Date: 1966

About this Item

Size: B2 (cca. 50 x 70 cm). Poster exhibition of So Ky is a 1966 original vintage Hungarian event poster that promoted the poster exhibition of So Ky S s L szl Kem ny va an artist couple An artist couple who have been working together since the beginning of the 1950 s they were highly effective and convinced propagandists for the socialist system In addition to political posters they worked in every field of visual communication Their posters represent the typical visual culture of the 1960 s illustrating a style known today as retro or socialist modernism that defined the furniture architecture and graphic design of the period After the decline of mandatory socialist realism a new trend became influential It combined typical socialist subjects the life of workers factories family agriculture with a modern attitude and style they have used a style close to constructivism This tendency now called soc modern became significant in the eastern bloc in the 1960s So Ky used several techniques like paper cut drawing photo photomontage and they often have used only clear typographic design For their political posters they use simple but effective forms and symbols sometimes without any text For example the red sickle and hammer and ripped barbed wire stand together for the liberation of 1945. Seller Inventory # 6540

Bibliographic Details

Title: Poster Exhibition of So-Ky at Kunsthalle

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Paper, offset lithography.

Condition: Fine, fold marks, light wear.