Book Description
One of the most versatile Constructivist and Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution, Alexander Rodchenko worked as a painter, graphic designer, photographer, photomontageist, architectural designer, and sculptor. He was alternately influenced by Suprematism, Productivism, Dada, Constructivism, Abstraction, and Abstract Expressionism--working in different modes throughout his artistic life. This monograph focuses on Rodchenko's sculptures, which can be loosely divided into three groups, beginning with abstract works dating from 1918; mobiles; and square timber works from circa 1920. Works are presented through vintage photographs, detailed descriptions, and reconstructions.
Edited by Galerie Gmurzynska.
Essays by Selim O. Khan-Magomedow, Alexander Lawrentjew and Warwara Stepanowa.
About the author
Born in 1891 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Alexander Rodchenko's work has lately been the subject of renewed interest, appearing in exhibitions at the Hirschorn Museum, Washington and the Guggenheim Museum, New York. The artist died in Moscow in 1956.
