12 June 2008 – 18 August 2008

Alexander Rodtschenko

Alexander Rodchenko is one of the great artists of the Russian Constructivism of the first half of the 20th century. His works are well-known worldwide and he still is one of the most important exponents of the modern movement. Before discovering photography in the mid 20s as a new media, he had already excelled in Moscow as an innovative artist interested in all forms of artistic expression. His idea of photography was of a total break from the artistic photography of epochal changes in Russia and in Europe.

Alexander Rodchenko was a young, right wing artist when the October revolution broke out in 1917. He was born in St. Petersburg in 1891, the son of a theatre craftsman. In 1901 the family moved to Kazan where Rodchenko attended art school in 1910. There he met the artist Warwara Stepanowa, who later became his wife. In 1914 he moved to Moscow and studied for a short time at the Stroganow School for applied arts. Even then he rejected the established concepts of a sensualistic, middle-class art and moved towards abstract painting.

Address

Martin-Gropius-Bau
Niederkirchnerstrasse 7
10963 Berlin Kreuzberg
phone +49 30 25 48 60
http://www.gropiusbau.de

Opening Hours

Wednesday-Monday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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