Russian Avant-gardes
dal 13/2/2006 al 13/5/2006
Segnalato da
13/2/2006
Russian Avant-gardes
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
During the early decades of the 20th century, Imperial Russia underwent a profound social transformation. The exhibition offers an overall synthesis of this period, featuring a broad and varied selection of works and artistic trends, from painting and sculpture to photography, graphic design and the applied arts. The chronological period covered runs from 1907 to 1935 and the exhibition is organised into five sections. Curated by Toma's Llorens.
From 1907 to 1935
Curated by Toma's Llorens
During the early decades of the 20th century, Imperial Russia - soon to become the Soviet Union - underwent a profound social transformation. This was a period of political and cultural upheaval and one that saw a break with the 19th-century positivist concept of the world. It also witnessed a major cultural renaissance, evident in the visual arts as well as in literature and the performing arts.
A series of poets and painters adopted radically open viewpoints, formulating a totally new type of artistic language with the intention of opening the way onto a new world. Exhibitions, manifestos and theoretical declarations all passionately promoted their new ideas, while the Russian art scene saw the successive rise of numerous avant-garde movements, some based on foreign influence, such as Cubo-futurism and Rayonnism, and others forged within the new, revolutionary Russia, such as Suprematism and Constructivism.
The present exhibition offers an overall synthesis of this period, featuring a broad and varied selection of works and artistic trends, from painting and sculpture to photography, graphic design and the applied arts. The chronological period covered runs from 1907 to 1935 and the exhibition is organised into five sections.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8 - Madrid
Opening hours: Thur-Sun from 10 am. to 7 pm.
Fundacio'n Caja Madrid.
Plaza de San Marti'n, 1 - Madrid
Opening hours: Thur-Sun from 10 am. to 8 pm.