Art and Revolution

William V. Ganis, PhD

Kasimir Malevich

Tea Service

1923porcelain

Russian Suprematism

• Kasmir Malevich leader• “In my desperate attempt to free art

from the burden of the object, I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture… nothing more than a black square on a white field”

• Pure formalist painting exhibited w/ Victory over the Sun opera

Suprematist Painting (8 Red Rectangles)

• Kasmir Malevich, 1915

• Flashcard

Constructivism

After WWI: many artistic movements hoped for a better world.

Unprecedented destruction of WWI, death of millions

Great Depression in US

Constructivisim = utilitarian art forms to serve the people Russia

“Quit the studio, go into the factory where real work is made”

Serve the people through art … political & practical purposes

El Lissitsky

Prouenraum (Proun Room)

1923wood, metal, paint

Proun Room

• Installation art piece (site specific)• Lissitsky - engineered look was to

encourage precise thinking in public

• Also did propaganda pieces and photomontages

Alexander Rodchenko

Poster for Leningrad Publishing House

1924gouache and photomontage on paper27 1/2 x 33 7/8

Alexander Rodchenko

Poster for Battleship Potemkin

1925ink on paper

Alexander Rodchenko

Workers’ Club

1925

Alexander Rodchenko

Osip Brik for LEF Magazine

1924

Vera Muchina

Worker & Collective Farm Woman

1937Stainless steel

The Bauhaus

Invigorate industry through CRAFT. (Germany)

Mass production destroys ART.

Industrial Design

Marianne Brandt - female - led metal workshop

Walter Gropius

Bauhaus

Dessau, Germany

1925-26

Walter Gropius

ca. 1920

Marcel Breuer

Chairs

1920s

Jan Tschischold

Examples from The New Typography

1928

Jan Tschischold

Ad-Example for The New Typography

1928

Kurt Kranz

Eye Series

1930-3116 Gelatin-silver prints mounted on board13 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. overall

Gunta Stölzl

Gobelin Tapestry

1926-1927linen and cotton

Anni Albers lfashcard image

Blanket WE 493

1926wool

De Stijl

Piet Mondrian

Mill in Sunlight

1908oil on canvas44 7/8 x 30 1/4 in.

Piet Mondrian

Composition No. 2: Composition in Line and Color

1913oil on canvas34 5/8 x 45 1/4 in.

Piet Mondrian

Composition with Gray & Light Brown

1918oil on canvas31 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.

Piet Mondrian

Lozenge Composition with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow

1925oil on canvas30 3/8 x 30 3/8 in.

Piet Mondrian

Composition with Yellow, red and Blue

1927

oil on canvas20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. FLASHCARD IMAGE

Piet Mondrian

Rhythm of Black Lines

ca. 1935oil on canvas72.2 x 69.5 cm

Piet Mondrian

New York City

1941-42oil on canvas46 7/8 x 44 7/8 in.

Piet Mondrian

Broadway Boogie Woogie

1943oil on canvas50 x 50 in.

Theo van Doesburg

Composition IX (Card Players)

1917oil on canvas45 5/8 x 41 3/4

Gerrit Reitveld

Schroeder House

Utrecht, the Netherlands1924

Carlo Carra

Patriotic Celebration

1914collage15 x 12 in.