Russian avant-garde

Introduction The Russian avant-garde is regularly celebrated for its remarkable inclusion of women artists, particularly in the visual arts. The Productivist-Constructivists of the 1920s were arguably the most fervent adopters of this emancipatory agenda, including the highest proportion of female artists in their ranks among any other Russian avant-garde movement. Lyubov Popova and Varvara Stepanova were among the most prolific of these artists. Despite producing an extensive and eclectic oeuvre across a variety of mediums, Popova and Stepanova are most celebrated for their textile designs, which flooded the Soviet fashion market in 1923. The gender inclusivity of the Russian avant-garde is typically framed within broader Bolshevik…

Boris Groys. The Total Art of Stalinism: Avant-Garde, Aesthetic Dictatorship, and Beyond. Translated by Charles Rougle. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992. 126 pp., $13.49 (paper). The Total Art of Stalinism is not only a historical book on art, but it is also a political provocation of the well-known histories of 20th century Soviet art and literature. Originally published in German, this book was the first major work of Groys to have been translated into English. This…

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, architect, typographer, and photographer. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde and he helped develop the Suprematism art movement which focused on basic geometric shapes. His work had a great influence on the development of the Bauhaus and constructivist movements and later on his experimentation with production techniques and stylistic devices in the 1920’s and 1930’s went on to dominate and…

By no accident, “Kyivproekt,” chose avant-garde style to reconstruct the city central street, Khreshchatyk, in 1954. The main building, a skyscraper, hotel “Moskva,” was built on the place of the first Kyiv’s skyscraper by Ginsburg (1912-1944) ruined in 1944. The reconstruction project was led by Anatol Dobrovolsky, who became the city architect four years before. In 1950, he received Stalin’s award of II range for “technology development, an organization of mass production and implication of…

However, she was educated at Petrischule in St Petersburg where the main language of instruction was German which became the language of daily life for both her and her mother. Having attended a German preparatory school, she became fluent in many languages including German, French, Russian, English and her native Swedish. Södergran maintained fluency in these languages but herself stated that German “was her best language and the language of her intellect.” It would be easy then to expect that…

switch was sparking new ideas and viewpoints in the world of art. Russian avant-garde artist, Kazimir Malevich, the inventor and pioneer of Suprematism, was a driving force in the development of today’s modern art community. His views and messages depicted through his invented work in Suprematism, was arguably some of the most avant-garde work to come out of Russia during that time period. Born in February 1878, near Kiev to Seweryn and Ludwika Malewicz, Kazimir was the first of fourteen…

the preferences of Russian collectors nowadays, it is reasonable to question if it is prompted by the development of Russian art during Soviet era. During the October Revolution in 1917 to 1932, the Lenin’s era was a period of relative freedom and experimentation for the art in any forms inside the country. Wide variety of trends was tolerated by the government, given that they were not explicitly oppose to the government. Lenin was conservative and traditional in art. He hated any new art…

Downdraft 5 Someone once asked me if I could write a book about myself what would the title be and how do I see the ending of my life. I would title my book, “Why Naughty is the New Nice”. The reason for this title is because I am probably one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. I would do absolutely anything for anyone. Always being the nice girl means I work my ass off to get others to like me because I cannot stand to think that anyone hates me. I usually go out of my way to do favors for…

20)” The modern Estonia tends to be more technologically verse. As government can be accessed through an internet website, people vote, submit taxes online, and much more (e-estonia). Marriage is increasingly not as traditional (World Trade, P. 2011). But the culture around people in general is to get to know someone before any sort of real relationship happens. Dating functions like most western European and North American societies. Usually people tend to work regardless of gender and…

history. One example of such a person is Anna Akhmatova, a 20th century Russian poet who lived through Joseph Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union, a time period characterized by severe oppression and a persistent fear of death. Akhmatova used a variety of techniques throughout her poetry, but nevertheless the biblical allusions used in Requiem, Lot’s Wife, Rachel and “Thank you, God” were effective in demonstrating the suffering of Russians during Stalinist Russia.…