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.
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