It has become obvious to the new architect that by virtue of his work he is taking an active part in the building of a new world. For us the work of … - El Lissitzky
" "It has become obvious to the new architect that by virtue of his work he is taking an active part in the building of a new world. For us the work of an artist has no value 'as such'; it does not represent an end in itself; it has no intrinsic beauty. The value of a work of art is determined by its relationship to the community.. .The artist, or the creative worker, invents nothing; there is no such thing as divine inspiration. Thus we understand by the term 'reconstruction' the conquest of the unresolved, of the 'mysterious,' and the chaotic. In our [Russian] architecture, as in our entire life, we are striving to create a social order, i.e., to raise the instinctive to a conscious level.
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About El Lissitzky
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky [Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий] (November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), more famous as El Lissitzky [Эль Лисицкий], was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. He was an active protagonist of Russian Constructivism.
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Native Name:
Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий
Alternative Names:
El' Lisickij
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Ėlʹ Lisit︠s︡kiĭ
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El Lissickij
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Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky
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Lasar Lissitzky
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Eliezer Lissitsky
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Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
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Lazar Markovich Lisitskii
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El Lazar Lissitzky
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Lazarʹ Markovich Lisit︠s︡kiĭ
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Lazar Markovich Lisi︡tskiĭ
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Lazar Markovich Lisitsky
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Eliezer Lissitzky
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Eliʻezer Lisitsḳi
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El Lissitsky
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Lazar Lissitzky
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E. M. Lissitsky
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El Lisitsḳi
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Eleazar Markovich Lissitzky
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El Lisitsky
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Eleazar M. Lissitzky
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Lasar Markowitsch Lissitzky
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Eliezer Lisitski
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Eliezer Lisitsky
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Lazarʼ Markovič Lisickij
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E. Lisitsḳi
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Lazar Markovich Lisitski
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Lazar Markovich Lisitzky
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Lasar Morduchovich Lissitsky
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And amid the thunderous roar of a world in collision WE, ON THE LAST STAGE OF THE PATH TO SUPREMATISM BLASTED ASIDE THE OLD WORK OF ART LIKE A BEING OF FLESH AND BLOOD AND TURNED IT INTO A WORLD FLOATING IN SPACE. WE CARRIED BOTH PICTURE AND VIEWER OUT BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THIS SPHERE AND IN ORDER TO COMPREHEND IT FULLY THE VIEWER MUST CIRCLE LIKE A PLANET ROUND THE PICTURE WHICH REMAINS IMMOBILE IN THE CENTER. The empty phrase 'art for art's sake' had already been wiped out.
We have had enough perpetually hearing MACHINE MACHINE MACHINE MACHINE. In the repetition of the word MACHINE, we read the modern artist's ambivalent relationship to mechanical reproduction: on the one hand, the rigorous linear order and uniform application of ink presented by the thrice-repeated type written line celebrates sterility; and on the other hand the content of the sentence itself bemoans the transformation of the industrial paradigm into an aesthetic cliché.
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