Zero-Ten and Vladimir Tatlin
Among the fourteen artists presenting work at Zero-Ten, The Last Futuristic Exhibition of Painting, the names of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin. For both artists, by …
19 Apr
A Shift from the Past Towards the Future
A Shift from the Past Towards the Future
Several months after the October Revolution, Anatolii Lunacharskii, newly appointed as head of the People’s Commissariat of Enlightenment, reported to a meeting of artists and …
19 Apr
Russian Avant-Garde Exhibits
Russian Avant-Garde Exhibits
With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and a period of enforced isolation that lasted through out the war until the break …
24 Feb
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World
Following the European ideology of enlightenment (prosvetitelstvo), in the 1860s-70s, Russia attempted to turn cinema into useful entertainment by spreading their vales of reason and …
16 Feb
Faktura
Faktura
“Corner Counter Relief” Vladimir Tatlin,1914 What is Faktura? According to the text, faktura is “understood simultaneously as material heterogeneity and materiological determination.” But what exactly does that mean? Faktura …
26 Jan
The 1920’s and Vladimir Lenin
The 1920’s and Vladimir Lenin
Quotes From Vladimir Lenin: You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. …
26 Jan
Hello world!
Hello world!
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