Конструктивизм/ Constructivism

Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan’s Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia’s emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art. Constructivism recasts artists and architects as Constructors, turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art and instead focusing on the fusion of art with everyday life in order to create a functional system of design, one in keeping with the great task of building the new communist society. This edition replicates Gan’s original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and graphic design, and it also presents a substantial introductory essay by art historian Christina Lodder that examines Gan’s own odd, mercurial character and the tracks he left across avant-garde Russian graphics, architecture, film, and theater.

Details

Personalities

Gan Aleksei

Type

Book

Place of publication

Barcelona

Publisher

Tenov

Year

2013

Number of pages

178 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9788493923129

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

Yes

UDC code and author sign

709.202 Ган

Volumes

1

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