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| Constructivism: Russian art movement in which assorted (usually mechanical or industrial) objects are combined into non-representational and mobile structural forms. The constructivists were a nonobjective art movement that began in Russia and had far reaching effects on modern art. It encompassed architecture, painting, sculpture, ceramics, clothing & textile design. An early name for it was production art, and one of its aims was to revolutionize industrial design by creating a body of artist-engineers. |
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It first appeared in the work of Vladimir Tatlin around 1913, as a development of Cubist relief constructions, and was first called Tatlinism. It’s theorists did not name it Constructivism or fully establish it’s principles until 1921. Others who found prominence in the movement included Iakov, Chernikhov, & Alexander Rodchenko. Rodchenko the Revolutionary Another biography of Alexander Mihailovich Rodchenko Constructivist work utilized materials such as iron, wood, glass and plaster in an attempt to bridge the gap between everyday life and art. |
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| During the four years following the revolution of 1917, the Constructivists and other progressive, experimental artists were at first encouraged by the Soviet government to reorganize the artistic life of the country, they set up art schools and museums. When experimental and abstract art were proscribed in 1922 they left Russia to continue the movement and contribute it’s principles to the mainstream of abstract art. |
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Portfolio of Rodchenko's work at - photoarts.com The Museum of Modern Art - Exhibition of Rodchenko's work
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