The Arts in Utopia:Russia 1917-32, Marian Burleigh Motley, lecturer March 25, 2008

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Arts in Utopia:
Russia 1917–32
Marian Burleigh-Motley, art historian

During the period following the Revolutions of 1917, Russia offered greater opportunities to avant-garde artists, writers, theater directors, and filmmakers than any other country in Europe. A diverse group of artists, including Marc Chagall, Vassily Kandinsky, and Kazimir Malevich, were put in charge of emerging art institutions. Theater and film were reimagined as tools to serve the revolutionary agenda. Prominent architects put their design stamps on communal apartment blocks and workers’ clubs.

This week’s topic:
Utopian Architecture in the 1920s:
Le Corbusier in France; Ginsburg, Konstantin Melnikov, and Others in Russia

This series is made possible in part by The Marks Family Foundation.

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