October 26 - November 2, 2012
About the artist
Aleksander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956) was one of the most versatile Constructivist and Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. He worked as a painter and graphic designer before turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and opposed to a painterly aesthetic.
Much of the work of 20th century graphic designers is a direct result of Rodchenko's earlier work in the field. His influence has been pervasive enough that it would be nearly impossible to single out all of the designers whose work he has influenced.
For artists of the Russian Revolution, Rodchenko's radical action was full of utopian possibility. It marked the end of easel painting - perhaps even the end of art - along with the end of bourgeois norms and practices. It cleared the way for the beginning of a new Russian life, a new mode of production, a new culture.
Exhibition Topic
Year 2012 marks the 120th anniversary of the great avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko. To celebrate this event Russian Academy of Graphic Design together with Moscow Biennale of Graphic Design "Golden Bee" (member of Icograda) launches a commemorative action "Rodchenko 120". The landmark event will be conducted in a form of a poster exhibition with an aim of exploring the influence of Russian avant-garde on the world of art.
The Rodchenko 120 exhibit will consist of posters created by today's leading Russian graphic designers, among whom are:
Michael Anikst
Eric Belousov
Vladimir Chaika
Alexander Faldin
Yuri Gulitov
Igor Gurovich
Eugeny Dobrovinsky
Erken Kagarov
Dmitry Kavko
Elena Kitaeva
Alexander Lavrentyev-Rodchenko
Andrey Logvin
Anna Naumova
Dmitry Rekin
Tagir Safaev
Andrey Shelutto
Yuri Surkov
Protey Temen
Boris Trofimov
Dmitry Zakharov
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