Russian avant-gardist Alexander Rodchenko gained an international reputation as a pioneering photographer, painter, sculptor and graphic artist in the years after the Russian revolution. He was a member of INHUK (Institute of Artistic Culture) group of constructivists and a member of the “October Group “.
Even if you have never heard the name Alexander Rodchenko, you may well know that his 1924 image of Osip Brik, the husband of Lili Brik, who was the lover of the poet Mayakovsky. Osip Brik was the co-founder of LEF - a magazine whose acronym stands for Levy Front Isskustva, the Leftist Front for the Arts. Rodchenko’s iconic image shows these three Cyrillic letters in one lens of Brik’s spectacles. . Look some of his photos below.
Morning Gymnastics on the roof of a students’ hostel in Lefortovo, 1932
Degraus/Stairs - 1930
Torre Shukhov/Shukhov Tower - 1929
Edifício Mosselprom/Mosselprom Building - 1926
Olhando o desfile/gathering for the demonstration - 1928-32
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