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Manifesto of the constructivist group "Who are we" 1923
On December 13, 1920, the experimental artist Alexander Rodchenko, his wife, one of the “Amazons” of the Russian avant-garde Varvara...
komarovskihaa
Apr 20, 202210 min read


ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO: Rodchenko' s System/АЛЕКСАНДР РОДЧЕНКО: Система Родченко
Предоставлено на двух языках со стихотворным переводом.
mkodzr
Apr 16, 20223 min read


From the mouth of Khardzhiev: Stories of the Russian avant-garde
Nikolai Ivanovich Khardzhiev, a writer, historian and collector, told many interesting stories about representatives of the Russian...
Ангелина Щелканова
Apr 11, 202216 min read


Design works carried out under the supervision of Alexander Rodchenko
After the revolution of 1917, young avant-garde artists, inspired by the idea of a society free from the old order, rapidly developed new...
Andrew Linkler
Apr 10, 20226 min read


Lines. Photo. Art. And Rodchenko.
Alexander Rodchenko was born in St. Petersburg in 1891. One of the first in the Soviet Union, Rodchenko realized the potential of...
Сергей 24 Сергей 40
Apr 10, 202211 min read


Constructivism. Quotes from the memoirs of Rodchenko.
"I will free painting from what it still slavishly adheres to. I will make things live like souls, and souls like things." “Varvara and I...
NOTADORE ///
Apr 2, 202211 min read


The Society of Young Artists. Some facts about the founders of constructivism.
The Society of Young Artists (ObMoHu) is an association of young Russian artists that existed in 1919-1923. The work of the authors of...
Kopan
Mar 28, 20226 min read



Тамерлан Махмутов
Dec 13, 202010 min read


The colour in architecture and the teaching of "colour" composition in VKHUTEMAS/VKHUTEIN
Italian scientist Maurizio Meriggi, professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, author of numerous articles on VKHUTEMAS in his...

alinabutina02
Dec 5, 20206 min read


Polygraphfac of the Leningrad VKHUTEIN: academic program and polygraphic works
The article uses excerpts from the article "D.I. Mitrokhin as a Representative of the Art School of the Polygraph Office of the Leningrad...

Константинова Полина
Dec 3, 20207 min read


Vkhutemas + Bauhaus: On Common Origins, Different Futures, and Creation with Fire
The article is based on a video lecture by Anna Bokova "Vkhutemas + Bauhaus: On common origins, different futures, and creation with...

Константинова Полина
Nov 19, 20209 min read


"I want to teach people to see extraordinarily ordinary things" About A. Rodchenko and VKHUTEMAS.
“The future interests me very much...now I could make the future incredibly interesting”

alinabutina02
Nov 17, 20209 min read


Design at VKHUTEMAS - revolutionaries or futurists
The article is based on a video lecture by Artem Dezhurko "Design at VKHUTEMAS". The article presents the main facts and key quotes of...

Nikita Kudinov
Nov 15, 20207 min read


Second OBMOKhU exhibition: from the 20th to the 21th century
The Society of Young Artists (Russian:OBMOKhU) is an association of Russian artists that existed in 1919-1923. The work of the authors of...

Olen
Apr 15, 20204 min read


VKhUTEMAS - workshop for artists and technicians
VKhUTEMAS is a higher art educational institution established in 1920 in Moscow. It was formed as a result of the merger of the First...

Екатерина Лебедева
Apr 11, 20205 min read


Bright statements of constructivist ideas at the exhibition «5х5=25»
"5x5=25" was an avant-garde art exhibition held in September 1921 in Moscow. Many modern sources mistakenly indicate that "5x5=25" is a...

Екатерина Лебедева
Apr 9, 20205 min read


Stalls of the past
Interesting architectural solutions, new forms and materials unusual for that time and desire to create beautiful cities, forget about...

Mila
Apr 8, 20204 min read


The world from the top or "the city with the upper facade" Alexander Rodchenko
Rodchenko began systematically engaged in architecture and visionary design creativity in 1919, becoming a member of the Zhivskulptarch...

Екатерина Лебедева
Apr 8, 20206 min read


Images of technology in mass celebrations in the 1920s
"Mass celebrations. Collection of the Committee for the sociological study of the arts" - " Сolumns carried tables with slogans and...

Andrew
Mar 28, 20206 min read


Original Soviet telephone booths
To solve the problem of rapid access to telephone communications in 1903, the Moscow Duma positively decided to install negotiation...

Andrew
Mar 24, 20205 min read
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