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With the Socialists for tomorrow

Poster
1990 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

During the first free election in Hungary following the collapse of communism, the promise of a happy future figured in the campaigns of several political parties. As we see in this example, the symbol of the future was often a happy child that appealed to the emotions of the viewer.

The technique of photomontage has a long tradition in the history of modern art. In the interwar period several avant-garde artists in Hungary cherished sympathies with socialist or communist political movements. Photomontage offered them an ideal technique for social criticism in posters, illustrations, book covers and autonomous artworks. During the elections in Hungary between 1945 and 1947, designers working for the communist and social democratic parties turned to the use of photomontage. Bea Farkas’ combination of the child and the protecting hands (another common motif in poster art) belongs to this tradition.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • With the Socialists for tomorrow (generic title)
  • Pro-democracy Poster Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph printed on paper
Brief description
Poster, Hungary. RF 90/507
Physical description
Poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 40cm
  • Width: 28cm
Summary
During the first free election in Hungary following the collapse of communism, the promise of a happy future figured in the campaigns of several political parties. As we see in this example, the symbol of the future was often a happy child that appealed to the emotions of the viewer.

The technique of photomontage has a long tradition in the history of modern art. In the interwar period several avant-garde artists in Hungary cherished sympathies with socialist or communist political movements. Photomontage offered them an ideal technique for social criticism in posters, illustrations, book covers and autonomous artworks. During the elections in Hungary between 1945 and 1947, designers working for the communist and social democratic parties turned to the use of photomontage. Bea Farkas’ combination of the child and the protecting hands (another common motif in poster art) belongs to this tradition.
Collection
Accession number
E.2184-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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