constructivism
(1914)
Russian avant-garde movement pioneered in c.1914 by the artist Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) and current until c.1921.
Following the examples of collage in cubism and futurism, Tatlin proposed a 'culture of materials' in which illusionism and simulated effects in art were eschewed in favor of an art based on the construction of real materials.
After 1917, artistic links with industry were emphasized together with the development of a non-objective 'production art' for the improvement of society.
Outside the USSR, the Russian brothers Naum Gabo (1890-1977) and ANTOINE PEVSNER (1886-1962) pursued a less austere interpretation of the movement, as set out in their Realistic Manifesto (1920).
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