El Lissitzky

Russian Constructivist El Lissitzky's interests were expansive. As with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lissitzky worked in “graphic arts, architectural forms, photography, painting, and other formal types into a unique and dynamic art” (Sarabianov 2022). In meeting and working with other artists – including Alexander Rodchenko and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy – “Lissitzky became a transformational figure, intermin-gling the innovative arts of Europe and Russia and advancing the exchange of experimental forms and ideas” (ibid).

El Lissitzky, The constructor – Self-portrait/Photomontage, 1925

Bibliography

Levinger, Esther. 1989. “Art and Mathematics in the Thought of El Lissitzky: His Relationship to Suprematism and Constructivism.” Leonardo 22 (2): 227. https://doi.org/10.2307/1575236.

Perloff, Nancy, and Brian Reed. 2003. Situating El Lissitzky. Vol. 12. Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Research Institute.

Rocco, Vanessa. “Activist Photo Spaces: ‘Situation Awareness’ and the Exhibition of the Building Workers Unions.” Journal of curatorial studies 3, no. 1 (2014): 26–48.

Sarabianov, Andrei D. 2022. “El Lissitzky | Russian Artist.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/El-Lissitzky.