What is Constructivism?
[[File:Plakat mayakowski gross.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Agitprop poster by Mayakovsky. translation: DO YOU WANT TO? JOIN 1. Do you want to conquer coldness? 2. Do you want to conquer hunger? 3. Do you want to eat? 4. Do you want to drink? Hurry up to join the strike team of exemplary labor.]] '''Constructivism''' was an [[art]]istic and [[architecture|architectural]] movement that originated in [[Russia]] from 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin onward which rejected the idea of ''art for art's sake'' in favour of art for social purposes. It heavily influenced graphic and industrial designers. Constructivism as an active force lasted until around 1934, having a great deal of effect on the art of the [[Weimar Republic]] and elsewhere, before being replaced by [[Socialist Realism]]. Its motifs have sporadically recurred in other art movements since. <gallery> |''Spatial Construction #12'': plywood, open construction partially painted with aluminum paint, and wire, by Alexander Rodchenko, 1920. File:Naum Gabo Fountain.jpg|Sculpture/fountain by Naum Gabo at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital, London File:Rotterdam kunstwerk gestileerde bloem detail1.jpg|Naum Gabo sculpture, Rotterdam </gallery> {{stub}} [[Category:Art movements]] [[Category:Architecture]]