Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism Details
About the Author Margarita Tupitsyn is a leading expert on and curator of Russian avant-garde art and photography, and is the author of Malevich and Film.Christina Kiaer is Associate Professor of Art History at Northwestern University, Illinois, and specialises in Russian and Soviet art, the politics of the avant-garde and feminist theory and art. Read more
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This book is the catalog for a 2009 show held at the Tate Gallery in London and covers the manifold accomplishments of these two major proponents of the Russian Avant-Garde, from 1917 to 1929. Full of marvelous illustrations, it shows how versatile Popova and Rodchenko (and others, such as Varvara Stepanova) were, as they tackled such various media as textile, posters, theater set designs, costume, architectonic projects, prints, drawing and, of course, painting. It has been the first such book published in years and an opportunity to get acquainted with many previously unseen works, especially the trove coming from the Costakis collection housed in Thessaloniki, Greece.