Art and Revolution William V Ganis Ph D

Art and Revolution William V. Ganis, Ph. D

Kasimir Malevich Tea Service 1923 porcelain

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) 1923 wood, 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 1924 gouache and photomontage on paper 27 1/2 x 33 7/8

Alexander Rodchenko Poster for Battleship Potemkin 1925 ink on paper

Alexander Rodchenko Workers’ Club 1925

Alexander Rodchenko Osip Brik for LEF Magazine 1924

Vera Muchina Worker & Collective Farm Woman 1937 Stainless 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 1920 s

Jan Tschischold Examples from The New Typography 1928

Jan Tschischold Ad-Example for The New Typography 1928

Kurt Kranz Eye Series 1930 -31 16 Gelatin-silver prints mounted on board 13 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. overall

Gunta Stölzl Gobelin Tapestry 1926 -1927 linen and cotton

Anni Albers lfashcard image Blanket WE 493 1926 wool

De Stijl

Piet Mondrian Mill in Sunlight 1908 oil on canvas 44 7/8 x 30 1/4 in.

Piet Mondrian Composition No. 2: Composition in Line and Color 1913 oil on canvas 34 5/8 x 45 1/4 in.

Piet Mondrian Composition with Gray & Light Brown 1918 oil on canvas 31 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.

Piet Mondrian Lozenge Composition with Red, Black, Blue and Yellow 1925 oil on canvas 30 3/8 x 30 3/8 in.

Piet Mondrian Composition with Yellow, red and Blue 1927 oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. FLASHCARD IMAGE

Piet Mondrian Rhythm of Black Lines ca. 1935 oil on canvas 72. 2 x 69. 5 cm

Piet Mondrian New York City 1941 -42 oil on canvas 46 7/8 x 44 7/8 in.

Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie 1943 oil on canvas 50 x 50 in.

Theo van Doesburg Composition IX (Card Players) 1917 oil on canvas 45 5/8 x 41 3/4

Gerrit Reitveld Schroeder House Utrecht, the Netherlands 1924

Carlo Carra Patriotic Celebration 1914 collage 15 x 12 in.