The endless cup of the great. Dedicated to Vladimir Tatlin. 1885-1896
The Tretyakov Gallery and the RF Ministry of Culture - October 8th 2011 - February 26th 2012
Vladimir Evgrafovich Tatlin (1885-1953) is one of the most important figures of Russian Avant-garde. One of the founders of constructivism, he is known as a tireless creator. No matter what type of art he was working on, he would always strive for innovation. Tatlin was one of the first artists to establish harmony between painting and applied art, making wood, glass and metal serve as the artist palette. As a consequence he discovered the infinite potential for the 20th century art.
It so dramatically happened that almost all experimental works of Tatlin were gone. Most of them are known from the descriptions and photos of Tatlin’s contemporaries. Only two authentic counter-reliefs and one of the models of Letatlin (utopian project of a flying machine) remained. That’s why there is deep connection between study of Tatlin’s creative work and a problem of its reconstruction.
Current exhibition shows not numerous but the main works of Vladimir Tatlin. The exposition includes about 60 works of 1900-1920s from the State Tretyakov gallery, the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, the State Central Teatrical Museum of A.A.Bakhrushin and private collections. There are paintings, drawings, sketches for theatrical performances and reconstructions of the most prominent Tatlin’s works.
The Forest. Theatre set sketch. 1913.
Taken from the Tretyakov Gallery official website. Read the Russian webpage.
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