![]() Constructivist artists saw themselves as the makers of the modern Communist Russian society.Ĭonstructivist art has a fondness for geometric forms, sparse composition, and industrial materials. For others, the aim was more practical, intending to find new ways of using materials for building and mass production. How materials behaved was a key focus of Constructivist artists who let the materials dictate the form of their art.įor some, the goal behind this new method of artistic creation was a new modern way of expressing the dynamism of life in the modern, industrial world. “Truth to materials” was a fundamental concept within Constructivism and translated into using materials only within their capacities. In Constructivism, artistic objects serve practical purposes rather than express beauty or subjective experiences. Art in the Constructivist era reflected the gritty machinery and technological progression of the early 20th Century. Taking inspiration from Futurism, Suprematism, and Cubism, Constructivism sought to make the transition from artistic composition to construction.Ĭonstructivist art reflected and attempted to impact the ever-changing industrial world. Constructivist art began as a guiding light for the Russian people, carrying the hopes of many for a better life. In Constructivism, art was no longer for hedonistic pleasure but served a purpose within a fresh Communist society. Five years earlier, in 1917, the Russian Revolution had taken place, and the Russian people were disentangling themselves from the shackles of the ruling elite.ĭuring Russia’s post-Revolution transition, artists found their role in creating practical and industrial art to support the new Soviet state. The opening line of the manifesto declared: “UNCOMPROMISING WAR ON ART”. The Constructivist manifesto was written in 1922 by Aleksei Gan, a Russian artist. Constructivism art was against the frills and fancies of elite artworks that were typically ornate and infused with rich Christian Orthodoxy. ![]() 7.2 Rodchenko and Popova: Defining ConstructivismĪ Brief Introduction to the Key Ideas in Constructivist ArtĬonstructivism is essentially anti-art.7.1 The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917- 1946.6 The Legacy of Constructivism: Beyond Russia.5.2.3 Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color (1921).5.2.2 Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge (1924).5.1.1 Monument to the Third International.5.1 Vladimir Tatlin: The Father of the Constructivism Movement (1885-1953).5 Influential Constructivists and Their Famous Works.4.4 The Architecture of the Constructivists.4.1 Cinema as a Medium for Cultural Change.3.3 Constructivism and Communist Consumerism.3.2 Productivism: Proponents for Productivity.3 The Role of Constructivism in the Creation of a Communist Russian Society. ![]() 2 Paving the Way to Revolution: How Constructivism Influenced the Russian Revolution.1 A Brief Introduction to the Key Ideas in Constructivist Art.And you will still flirt and paint your nails, dress up and party, because, as I think Emma Goldman said, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." And at last you'll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And new ones will find you and cherish you. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And the world won't end.Īnd the speaking will get easier and easier. They will interrupt you, put you down and suggest it's personal. Once you start to speak, people will yell at you. Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. And then our speaking out will permit other women to speak, until laws are changed and lives are saved and the world is altered forever. Our speaking out will irritate some people, get us called bitchy or hypersensitive and disrupt some dinner parties. I began to ask each time: "What's the worst that could happen to me if I tell this truth?" Unlike women in other countries, our breaking silence is unlikely to have us jailed, "disappeared" or run off the road at night. What are the words you do not yet have? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence? We have been socialized to respect fear more than our own need for language." “I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself.
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