A soldier in the battlefront, a scientist in the laboratory. Aleksandr Rodchenko’s avant-garde, between visual culture and political culture

Authors

  • Erika Zerwes USP; MAC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02672015v23n0102

Abstract

This paper intends to retrace the early years before Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956) adopted photography as a main artistic expression, process which is understood not as a rupture, but as a part of a larger visual experiment that he was developing during the 1920s. It also intends to place this artistic production in the realms of a political culture with which it was in constant and close dialogue. In retracing Rodchenko's paths from painting to photography, this paper intends to better comprehend and detail the political commitment behind that artistic production, and Rodchenko's in particular, which were understood as a broader political and social praxis that had photography as one of its constitutive parts.

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Published

2015-06-01

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Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

ZERWES, Erika. A soldier in the battlefront, a scientist in the laboratory. Aleksandr Rodchenko’s avant-garde, between visual culture and political culture. Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 23, n. 1, p. 29–66, 2015. DOI: 10.1590/1982-02672015v23n0102. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/102931.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.