Modern Times: Transatlantic Encounters in the 1920s print design Erika Landström

Erika Landström

mit 280 Illustrationen

and the possibility of experiencing the past anew

“She reconstructs everyday elements into familiar objects

1957 gegründet

Modern Times: Transatlantic Encounters in the 1920s print design Erika LandströmIn the 1920s, transatlantic encounters between the USA and Europe redefined what it truly meant to be modern. These encounters encompassed numerous sociopolitical and cultural phenomena such as Americanism, Hollywood, jazz, Fordism, Taylorism, and the machine age, all intricately interwoven in a complex network of mutual influences. Modern Times shows that the European isms Futurism, Purism, Dada, Poetism, and Constructivism were also closely