ALEKSANDAR RODČENKO (revolucija u fotografiji)

Izložbom, organiziranom u suradnji Multimedijskog umjetničkog muzeja u Moskvi i Muzeja

za umjetnost i obrt hrvatskoj se publici po prvi put predstavlja fotografski opus Aleksandra
Rodčenka, jednog od najznačajnijih predstavnika ruske avangarde.

Po završetku Akademije na kojoj je studirao slikarstvo Rodčenko pristupa konstruktivističkom

pokretu čiji su glavni postulati bili čisti i jednostavni oblici, negativan odnos prema tradiciji i
dekorativnosti te funkcionalnost umjetnosti skladu s industrijalizacijom, razvojem tehnike i
novih materijala. Konstruktivisti su vjerovali u promjenu umjetnosti s ciljem promjene i
unapređenja društva.
Aleksandar Rodčenko djelovao je na području slikarstva, grafičkog dizajna, kazališta, filma te
prvenstveno fotografije, koju je smatrao medijem novog doba, koji treba prestati biti
refleksijom stvarnosti te postati nositeljem novih ideja i konceptualnog mišljenja.
Izložba Aleksandar Rodčenko: revolucija u fotografiji donosi reprezentativan izbor od 150
fotografskih radova nastalih tijekom 1920-ih i 1930ih godina koje odlikuje društveni
angažman te formalni i sadržajni eksperimenti: dijagonalna i geometrizirana kompozicija,
ekstremni donji i gornji rakurs, jaki kontrasti, krupni planovi, noćne snimke. Izloženo je i
nekoliko fotomontaža, kakve je Rodčenko pod utjecajem njemačkih dadaista radio za
reklame i naslovnice časopisa. U skladu s revolucionarnim duhom vremena dominiraju teme
rada, tvornica, strojeva, moderne arhitekture i sporta. Važan dio izložbe su i portreti radnika
i umjetnika, prvenstveno književnika, kao što su Sergej Tretjakov, Vladimir Majakovski ili Osip
Brik, čija je karikatura rađena za naslovnicu kultnog ruskog avangardnog časopisa LEF, s
kojim je Rodčenko redovito surađivao.
Ova izuzetno važna izložba jednog od najznačajnijih europskih fotografa i umjetnika uopće
dio je programa Dana Moskve u Zagrebu i traje do 8. rujna 2019. (MUO)

The exhibition, organized in cooperation with the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow and
the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, is the first time presentation of photographic oeuvre
by Alexander Rodchenko, who is one of the most significant representatives of the Russian
avant-garde.

After graduating from the Academy where he studied painting, Rodchenko joined the
Constructivist movement whose main postulates were pure and simple forms, a negative
attitude towards tradition and decorativity, and functionality of art in harmony with
industrialization, development of technology and new materials. Constructivists believed in
changing art with intent to change and advance society.
Alexander Rodchenko worked in the field of painting, graphic design, theatre, film and
primarily photography as a medium of the new era, which should stop being a reflection of
reality and become the bearer of new ideas and conceptual thinking.
The exhibition Alexander Rodchenko: The revolution in photography brings forth a
representative selection of 150 photographs taken during the 1920s and 1930s,
characterized by social engagement along with formal and content experiments: diagonal
and geometric compositions, extreme low and high angles, strong contrasts, wide frames,
night photographs. Several photomontages are exhibited, which Rodchenko made under the
influence of German Dadaists, while working for commercials and magazine covers.
According to the revolutionary spirit of time, themes that dominate are those of work,
factories, machines, modern architecture and sport. An important part of the exhibition are
portraits of workers and artists, primarily writers, such as Sergei Tretyakov, Vladimir
Mayakovsky, or Osip Brik, whose caricature was made for the cover of the cult Russian
avant-garde magazine LEF, with which Rodchenko regularly collaborated.
This extraordinarily important exhibition of one of the most important European
photographers and artists is part of the days of Moscow program in Zagreb and will be on
show until 8th September 2019.