| Constructivism - The Concept | | | | displacement of capitalism with a different type of |
| Constructivism is an art style, reflecting optimism. | | | | system for production as well as distribution. A |
| It is focused on art as a medium of social | | | | style of art thereby developed that was closely |
| purpose. Artists working on this style were not | | | | associated with industrial production. Artists, |
| impressed by abstract ideas. On the contrary, | | | | including Alexander Rodchenko, Vladimir Tatlin, and |
| they made efforts through their creativity to | | | | Wasily Kandinsky, promoted this style. |
| portray concrete concepts. Graham Potter has | | | | Constructivism - The Intricacies |
| defined Constructivism as a "type of totally | | | | Artists working with this art style were of the |
| abstract (non-representational) relief construction, | | | | idea that the finest creations were not those |
| sculpture, kinetics and painting. The work is | | | | depicting Fine Art, but those of the practical kind, |
| ordered and often minimal, geometric, spatial, | | | | which portrayed man and machines together, that |
| architectonic and experimental in the use of | | | | too aesthetically. Several artworks, designed |
| industrial material." | | | | during the early part of the movement, were |
| Origin and Spread | | | | reflective of the period of revolution and fused |
| Constructivism originated in the Soviet Union and | | | | political ideology with art. The themes in |
| was not a wholly artistic movement. Overall, the | | | | Constructivist Art are depicted using geometric |
| term Constructivism came to represent a trend, | | | | forms and are not usually emotional and overall |
| wherein arts, such as sculpture and painting, | | | | the style is minimalistic. Most geometrically shaped |
| associated closely with manufacturing, applied arts, | | | | figures and objects were made from glass, wood, |
| as well as architecture. It is said that Kazimir | | | | and sheet metal, things generally used as part of |
| Malevich used the term Construction Art, for the | | | | industrial design. |
| first time, in a contemptuous sense to refer to | | | | Constructivist Examples |
| Alexander Rodchenko's works, in 1917. The | | | | The creative outlook of the artists of |
| concept of Constructivist Art had a profound | | | | Constructivism was integrating materialism with |
| influence, much beyond the Soviet Union. It | | | | spirituality. One of the most famous Constructivist |
| spread into other artistic hubs, including London, | | | | pieces by Vladimir Tatlin is 'Monument to the Third |
| Paris, Germany, and even the United States. | | | | International' (1919-20), an iron frame 22 feet tall, |
| Constructivism - History | | | | with a cube, cone, and a revolving cylinder, all |
| Before the First World War, Futurism and Cubism | | | | made out of glass, resting on it. Another excellent |
| influenced the Russian avant-garde more. | | | | example of Constructivism is Naum Gabo's 'Head |
| However, following the 1917 Russian Revolution, | | | | no 2' (1916). However, in the recent times the |
| they began looking for ways to express the | | | | influence of Constructivism has been more in |
| Soviet dreams of those times that included the | | | | architecture. |