To say who is my favorite artist it's very difficult because all the artist have something special. I prefer the Chilean and Latin American Art, in general, but as I don't known very much about this YET, I'm going to speak about of my favorite artistic movement of Avant-garde: the Russian Constructivism. And, my favorite artist of this movement is Vladimir Tatlin.
The Russian Constructivism was a movement of Avant-garde, whose center was the union or relationship between art and life, that was born with the Russian Revolution in 1917. The constructivism was connected with the political project of the new Socialist State and they should unit the art and the life. With the new State, the form of organize the society changed, and the material culture too. In this area, the artist of the Constructivism played a fundamental role, he had to help in the construction of this new society. The art should change in form and content. Because, the art in this new society, should not describe the world, but to change the world. Consequently, this art was abstract and geometric. The artists of the Russian Constructivism proposed a new concept of artist: the builder-artist. This artist was a new type of working-class completely united to the society in where he lived.
Tatlin was the leader of this movement. In 1919, Tatlin designed a model for a monument to the Revolution. But, in 1920, he decided to dedicated the monument to the Third International, a meeting of the working-class. This work of art is known as “The Third International Monument”. The model was a structure in upward spiral of wood with geometric forms in their inside. It was the proletarian Eiffel tower. Although this project isn't fulfilled, this tower should be building on Neva river, in the center of Petersburgo, and their height should be of 400 meters. Today, there are only a pair of photographs of the model and a replica of it.
I think that this piece of art it's great because is striking. In 1920 a person wanted to make a project that, for the technology of that time, was impossible. In that time, the artist believed firmly in their artist project. They believed that could unit the art and the life together. I think that spirit is fascinating.
The Russian Constructivism was a movement of Avant-garde, whose center was the union or relationship between art and life, that was born with the Russian Revolution in 1917. The constructivism was connected with the political project of the new Socialist State and they should unit the art and the life. With the new State, the form of organize the society changed, and the material culture too. In this area, the artist of the Constructivism played a fundamental role, he had to help in the construction of this new society. The art should change in form and content. Because, the art in this new society, should not describe the world, but to change the world. Consequently, this art was abstract and geometric. The artists of the Russian Constructivism proposed a new concept of artist: the builder-artist. This artist was a new type of working-class completely united to the society in where he lived.
Tatlin was the leader of this movement. In 1919, Tatlin designed a model for a monument to the Revolution. But, in 1920, he decided to dedicated the monument to the Third International, a meeting of the working-class. This work of art is known as “The Third International Monument”. The model was a structure in upward spiral of wood with geometric forms in their inside. It was the proletarian Eiffel tower. Although this project isn't fulfilled, this tower should be building on Neva river, in the center of Petersburgo, and their height should be of 400 meters. Today, there are only a pair of photographs of the model and a replica of it.
I think that this piece of art it's great because is striking. In 1920 a person wanted to make a project that, for the technology of that time, was impossible. In that time, the artist believed firmly in their artist project. They believed that could unit the art and the life together. I think that spirit is fascinating.
can you imagine this tower to construct the real?? will be incredible for everything that this tower to represent...
ReplyDeleteI think the constructivism artist are very interesting, I wonder if the tower to construct the real...¡great!
ReplyDeletewooou! i remember when i see that for first time .. it's unbelievable! this creation involve a hard work.
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Vivi !!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity that the tower have been just a proyect and never have built actually. I like the sense of the work of V. Tatlin.
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ReplyDeleteThe work for Ruptura e ideologia dont forget.
Is very good Tatlin and the Russian Constructivism. Is a shame the happening.
The russian constructivism was an important artistic vanguard, because rethinked relations between art and industrial productions.
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