All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Her defiant, unblinking, proletarian eyes stared out at me from across three quarters of a century. Apr 10, 2008 rodchenko still manages to produce one of the most poignant pictures in the exhibition, girl with a leica 1934, which depicts his assistant, evgenia lemberg. In mayakovskys apartment 1927 parade at the dynamo factory. View alexander rodchenkos 1,175 artworks on artnet. Alexander rodchenko was a founding member of russian constructivismthe. Jan 02, 2008 despite these intentions, photographs such as pioneer girl, 1930, which was taken as a tight closeup of the girl s unsmiling face, or girl with a leica, shot from a diagonal viewpoint, ended up. Multimedia art museum, moscow exhibitions alexander rodchenko. More about rodchenko on the russian constructivist page.
From 19081910 rodchenko was a dental technician at dental school of dr. Photos by alexander rodchenko, 1924 37 cocosse journal. Paul getty museum malibu, november 24, 1987 to january 31, 1988 the power of pictures. See available photographs, works on paper, and prints and. View pioneer girl by alexander rodchenko on artnet.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Gift of alex lachmann and friends of the rodchenko family. Alexander rodchenko, pioneer girl, 1930 there she was. The exhibition will be cocurated by rodchenkos grandson, alexander lavrentiev, who is the leading specialist of his work. See more ideas about alexander rodchenko, aleksandr rodchenko and constructivism. Petersburg, russiadied december 3, 1956, moscow, russia, russian painter, sculptor, designer, and photographer who was a dedicated leader of the constructivist movement. Rodchenko still manages to produce one of the most poignant pictures in the exhibition, girl with a leica 1934, which depicts his assistant, evgenia lemberg. His mother, named olga evdokimovna, was a laundress. The russian avantgarde of the twentieth century is a unique phenomenon not only in russian, but in world culture. The exhibition will include rodchenkos works of different years, from the first. The amazing creative energy accumulated by the artists of this great age is still providing nourishment for artistic culture today and all who have dealings with. Aleksandr mikhailovich rodchenko, born november 23 december 5, new style, 1891, st. His way of photographing from unusual and obscured.
High quality rodchenko inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. Steidl, gerhard, macgill, peter, rodchenko, alexander. The pioneer the rodchenko retrospective at the hayward gallery in london traces the artists use of photography from early photomontages. The pioneer the rodchenko retrospective at the hayward gallery in london traces the artists use of photography from early photomontages to constructivist compositions. Rodchenko and the constructivists produced radically abstract paintings, concerned with the placement and movement of objects in space and emphasizing dynamic diagonal. Vladimir mayakovsky 1924 vladimir mayakovsky 1924 1924. Alexander rodchenko was a prominent russian photographer, painter, sculptor and graphic artist of the avantgarde epoch, one of the main representatives of constructivism. Jan 31, 2008 russian avantgardist alexander rodchenko gained an international reputation as a pioneering photographer, painter, sculptor and graphic artist in the years after the russian revolution. Mar 30, 2014 aleksander mikhailovich rodchenko 5 december o.
Russian painter, sculptor, designer and photographer. Photography is an art, various plates shirmer art books, aleksandr rodchenko. When the museum of modern arts first director, alfred h. The institute for artistic culture was founded in bolshevik russia in 1920. Petersburg, russiadied december 3, 1956, moscow, russia, russian painter, sculptor, designer, and photographer who was a dedicated leader of the constructivist movement rodchenko studied art at the kazan school of art in odessa from 1910 to 1914 and then went to moscow to continue on at the imperial. A central figure in russian constructivism, alexander rodchenko rejected the established artistic conventions of selfexpression and aesthetics, dedicating himself with revolutionary fervour to bringing art to the masses. Bowlt, professor of slavic languages and literatures at usc and author of several books. Alexander rodchenko was a founding member of russian constructivismthe avantgarde movement characterized by unembellished abstraction along with vladimir tatlin. Revolution in photography, 18 various plates lavrentiev, alexander rodchenko.
Girl with leica portrait of yevgeniya lemberg getty museum. Portrait of lilya brik many have seen her face calling out the word books, but who is the woman in the poster. Early soviet photography and film september 18, 2015 to november 30, 2016. His innovations revolutionized the art of still photography. The exhibition, supported by chelsea fc owner roman abramovich, begins with rodchenkos photomontages of 1923, those sparky hodgepodges.
Le migliori 40 immagini su costruttivismo russo nel 2020. He mastered the use of photomontage, odd angles, wide frames, and photoseries. Visualizza altre idee su costruttivismo, russia, alexander rodchenko. Alexander rodchenko was the most important and versatile member of the. Dec 12, 2019 the exhibition will be cocurated by rodchenko s grandson, alexander lavrentiev, who is the leading specialist of his work. Craig raine on the russian avantgardist photographer. Rodchenko studied art at the kazan school of art in odessa from 1910 to 1914 and then. Alexander rodchenko was a russian sculptor, graphic designer, artist and photographer, who lived from 1891 until 1956. During research for his archive on soviet art, king discovered a copy of a book designed by alexander rodchenko, who had been driven to obliterate, with ink and paint, the names and faces of those in that book who had fallen from the favour of and been destroyed by stalin. This is the most complete volume published outside of russia to capture the photographic work of alexander rodchenko, one of the former soviet unions greatest artists.
Modern photography in soviet russia november 24, 1987 to january 31, 1988 the j. In 1924, rodchenko produced what is likely his most famous poster, an advertisement for the lengiz publishing house sometimes titled books, which features a young woman with a cupped hand shouting books in all branches of knowledge, printed in modernist typography. The exhibition will feature 58 silvergelatin prints from two albums of the museum portfolio series, published in an edition limited to 35 copies in 1994 1997, collected under the direction of varvara rodchenko, alexander. Rodchenko was a distinguished photographerexperimenter. Photography 19241954, cover and 20 various plates rodchenko, alexander rodchenko. Alexander mikhailovich rodchenko 18911956 is one of the greatest representatives of 20thcentury avantgarde art, founder of nonobjective art, chief engineer of constructivism and a pioneer of soviet photography, whose oeuvre already in the authors lifetime became classical. Pioneer girl, 1930 aleksandr rodchenko 233 artworks, 3,060 followers aleksander mikhailovich rodchenko russian. Critics wanted to know why rodchenkos photograph of a pioneer girl showed the. Russian avantgardist alexander rodchenko gained an international reputation as a pioneering photographer, painter, sculptor and graphic artist in.
The exhibition will include rodchenkos works of different years, from the first photographic experiments of the 1920s to the end of the 1930s. See more ideas about alexander rodchenko, aleksandr rodchenko and photography. The exhibition will feature 58 silvergelatin prints from two albums of the museum portfolio series, published in an edition limited to 35 copies in 1994 1997, collected under the direction of varvara rodchenko, alexander lavrentiev and gallery owner howard schickler. In the early 1920s, soviet artist alexander rodchenko proclaimed. Alexander rodchenko took an active part in the work of this institute and devised the slogan art in production. Following the russian revolution, he was among the multitalented productivist and constructivist artists to surface.
Mar 01, 2012 alexander rodchenko chopin nocturne no 11 in g minor op. See more ideas about aleksandr rodchenko, alexander rodchenko and constructivism. Aleksandr mikhailovich rodchenko russian artist britannica. Alexander rodchenkos experimental pioneer girl, 1930. Alexander rodchenko national museum in krakow partial. Alexander mikhailovich rodchenko 18911956 is one of the greatest representatives of 20thcentury avantgarde art, founder of nonobjective art, chief engineer. Alexander rodchenko pioneer girl, 1930 printed 1950s. He was the cofounder of design in russia and constructivism. Photography 19241954 by alexander lavrentiev editor 4. He used his camera as if it was a drawing instrument. Aleksandr mikhailovich rodchenko alexander rodchenko was born on december 5, 1891, in st. In the first, we are shown the trumpeter from under his chin. Feb 09, 2008 the exhibition, supported by chelsea fc owner roman abramovich, begins with rodchenko s photomontages of 1923, those sparky hodgepodges of photography, text and graphics that inspired franz. The exhibition will be cocurated by rodchenko s grandson, alexander lavrentiev, who is the leading specialist of his work.
Alexander rodchenko was indisputably one of the main generators of creative ideas and the general spiritual aura of the age. See more ideas about alexander rodchenko, aleksandr rodchenko, russian artists. Alexander rodchenko was born december 5, 1891, in a family of a theater artist mikhail rodchenko and a laundress olga rodchenko. Rodchenko and the constructivists produced radically abstract paintings, concerned with the placement and movement of. But politics wreaked havoc on alexander rodchenkos career, and continues to play a role in the splendid exhibition of his work at the national museum in krakow.
Its use in newspapers, magazines, posters, journals, and books as something other than portraiture was a new. Alexander rodchenko became one of the founders of constructivism and productivism in russia. Browse more artworks alexander rodchenko from atlas gallery. The lumiere brothers center for photography presents an exhibition of photographs by the outstanding russian avantgarde artist alexander rodchenko from the collection of the still art foundation, established by elena and mikhail karisalov. His father, named mikhail mikhailovich rodchenko, was a theatre designer.
Available for sale from atlas gallery, alexander rodchenko, pioneer girl, 1930 printed 1950s, gelatin silver print, 23. Alexander rodchenko pioneer girl, 1930 silver gelatin print 9. The industrial world through the eyes of alexander rodchenko. But politics wreaked havoc on alexander rodchenko s career, and continues to play a role in the splendid exhibition of his work at the national museum in krakow. Even today, almost one hundred years on, living in a society overflowing with images, alexander rodchenkos photographs are still fresh, still have a. Despite these intentions, photographs such as pioneer girl, 1930, which was taken as a tight closeup of the girls unsmiling face, or girl with a leica, shot from a diagonal viewpoint, ended up. He was one of the most versatile constructivist and productivist artists to emerge after the russian revolution.
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