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Constructivism

1919 — 1935

Be Ready!, 1932

Art should only serve society.

Space and time are re-born to us today

Realistic Manifesto

Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, 1920

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

El Lissitzky, 1920

Model for a Fountain

Antoine Pevsner, 1920

Head of a Woman

Naum Gabo, 1917-1920

Construction

Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1920

Realistic Manifesto, Broadside

Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, 1920

The organization of artistic elements must be applied to the design of the material elements of everyday life.

Notes on Constructivist Art

Liubov Popova, 1921

Dobrolet

Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1923

The Eye

Antoine Pevsner, 1923

About This. To Her and to Me

Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1923

Maiakovskii ulybaetsia

Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1923

Textile Design in Yellow and Black

Varvara Stepanova, 1924

Textile Design in Black and White

Varvara Stepanova, 1924

Head

Antoine Pevsner, 1923-1924

Textile Design in Blue and Orange

Varvara Stepanova, 1924

Textile Design

Varvara Stepanova, 1924

Swatch of Original Fabric

Varvara Stepanova, 1924

Abstract Sculpture 3

Katarzyna Kobro, 1924

Torso

Antoine Pevsner, 1924-1926

Design for unisex sports apparel

Varvara Stepanova, 1928

New LEF: Journal of the Left Front of the Arts

Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1927-1928

Red Army Men

Varvara Stepanova, 1930

Spatial Composition No. 6

Katarzyna Kobro, 1931

Be Ready!

Varvara Stepanova, 1932

Maquette of a Monument Symbolising the Liberation of the Spirit

Antoine Pevsner, 1952

Linear Construction in Space no. 3, with Red

Naum Gabo, 1952-1953

Linear Construction in Space No. 2

Naum Gabo, 1957

The Last Burst

Antoine Pevsner, 1962

Liubov Popova

We shall remake the world

El Lissitzky

Painting symbols of a new world

Katarzyna Kobro

A life's work lost to war

Aleksandr Rodchenko

Art with a message

Varvara Stepanova

Art for the people, people for the state

Antoine Pevsner

“Art must be inspiration controlled by mathematics”

Naum Gabo

Finding the calm center in the storm

Art Deco
Geometry, ornamentation, and lots and lots of money

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