Constructivism

Founded by Vladimir Tatlin, Constructivism is an art/architectural movement that started after the World War 2.

1. Not the old. Not the new, but the necessary. Vladimir Tatlin

2. Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1913 af ter the World War 1 by V ladimir Tatlin. The seed of constructivism was a desire to express the experience of modern life - in dynamism, in new and disorienting qualities of space and time. It sought to abolish the traditional artistic concern with composition and replace it with ‘construction’. Constructivist architecture is characterised by a combination of modern technology and engineering methods and the socio-political ethos of Communism.

3. The main characteristic of constructivism was the application of 3D cubism to abstract and non-objective elements. The style incorporated straight lines , cylinders , cubes and rectangles ; and merged elements of the modern age such as radio antennae , tension cables, concrete frames and steel girders. Modern materials were also explored, such as steel frames that supported large areas of glazing, exposed rather than concealed building joints, balconies and sun decks. Hammer and Sickle Building The style aimed to explore the opposition between different forms and surfaces, predominately between solid walls and windows, which are often gave the structures their characteristic sense of scale and presence.

4. "In the squares and in the streets we are placing our work convinced that art must not remain a sanctuary for the idle, a consolation for the weary, and a justification for the lazy. Art should attend us everywhere that life flows and acts." Vladimir Tatlin was central to the birth of Russian Constructivism. Often described as a "laboratory Constructivist," he took lessons learned from Pablo Picasso's Cubist reliefs and Russian Futurism, and began creating objects that sometimes seem poised between sculpture and architecture. .He wanted above all to bend art to modern purposes and, ultimately, to tasks suited to the goals of Russia's Communist revolution.

5. One of the first buildings conceived entirely in abstract terms. Which was planned to construct in St.Petersburg after bolshevik revolution,1917. It consisted of a leaning spiral iron framework supporting a glass cylinder, a glass cone, and a glass cube, each of which could be rotated at different speeds. The monument’s interior would have contained halls for lectures, conferences, and other activities. The monument was to be the world’s tallest structure—more than 1,313 feet (400 metres) tall. It would have dwarfed the Eiffel tower in Paris.

6. The Nude(1911)- Elements of Cubism, like distorted perspective and the breaking down of forms into planes, but it is not a Cubist picture. The Fishmonger (1911)- Here, Tatlin employs curvilinear lines and rounded forms, and predominantly a palette of three colors. The Sailor(self-portrait)(1911) Tatlin portray his youthful experience as a sailor. The separate, almost architectonic parts of the face foreshadow elements of the revolutionary Constructivist movement, which he led.

7. Sources https://www.m.theartstory.org/artist-tatlin-vladimir-artworks.htm https://www.flickr.com/ https://www.britannica.com/art/Constructivism-art https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Constructivist_architecture https://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/3815861569