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El Lissitzky on Paper: Print Culture, Architecture, Politics, 19191933

English

By (author): Samuel Johnson

An examination of the importance of paper in the work of Soviet artist, designer, and architect El Lissitzky.
 
Russian artist El Lissitzkys work spans painting, photography, theatrical and exhibition design, architecture, graphic design, typography, and literature. He was active in the Jewish cultural renaissance, formed an artists collective with Kazimir Malevich, was a key figure in the dissemination of early Soviet art in Western Europe, and designed propaganda for the Stalin regime. With such a varied history and body of work, scholars have often struggled to identify the core principles that tied his diverse oeuvre together.
 
In El Lissitzky on Paper, Samuel Johnson argues that Lissitzkys commitment to creating works on paper is a constant that unites his endeavors. Paper played a key role in the utopian projects that informed Lissitzkys work, and the artist held a commitment to print as the premier medium of immediate public exchange. Johnson analyzes and contextualizes this idea against the USSRs strict management of this essential resource and the growth of new media communications, including the telephone, telegraph, and film.
 
With this book, Johnson presents a significant contribution to scholarship on this major artist, revealing new connections between Lissitzkys work in architecture and visual art and bringing to light sources from largely unstudied Russian archives.
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Product Details
  • Weight: 934g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Jun 2024
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780226524238

About Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson is the Carole & Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of art history at Syracuse University.  

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