CONSTRUCTAVISM (oct 6, 1915 – jun 6, 1930)
Description:
1915 - 1930
- inspired by Cubist sculptures
- abstract geometric forms
- believed integrating art into everyday life will help foster a new/better society
- used industrial materials and engineering/architectural/graphic/photographic technology
- interested in the application of art in engineering, architecture, theatre, and industrial design
- artists were to serve the physical and industrial needs of society
TATLIN 1917
-completely abstracted sculptures
Monument to the Third International
- metal spiral around glass sculpture
- rotates (kinetic sculpture)
- functionalism
- sculptures were suspended from the wall unlike traditional sculptures that relied on a ground for support
- sculptures inhabit the space (not isolated on a base)
POPOVA 1917
- pure abstraction
ROZANOVA 1916
- collage
RODCHENKO
Sculptures 1920
- made like an object from a factory (application of art in engineering and industrial design)
- interested in math and geometry
- moving sculptures
Line and Compass Drawing 1915
- used architectural tools
Photography 1930
- unusual viewpoints (creates foreshortened and more abstract figures)
- light/dark contrast
- asymmetrical balance
Graphic Design 1923
Textile Design 1925
- rejected fine art
- functional art that required equal work from the artist and industrial worker
- repetitive geometric patterns suitable for the industrial printing process
STEPANOVA 1923
- designed costumes that were comfortable and easy to move/work in
- functional art that required equal work of the ariist and the industrial worker
LISSITZKY 1922
- studied architectural engineering
Prouns
- inspired by Malevich, geometric abstract compositions
- made of 2D and 3D shapes (sometimes represented axonometrically)
- photomontages: superimposed images on top of each other
KOBRO 1929
- sculptures featured flat surfaces set up horizontally and vertically
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