Constructivism - Softcover

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<div>Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan&#8217;s <i>Constructivism </i>was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia&#8217;s emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art.<br><br><i>Constructivism</i> 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&#8217;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&#8217;s own odd, mercurial character and the tracks he left across avant-garde Russian graphics, architecture, film, and theater.<br><br>Nearly a century later, <i>Constructivism</i> remains a powerful manifesto, and this new translation will help scholars trace its enduring influence on twentieth-century art and design.</div>

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