Painting.. ..turned to the design of purely abstract volumetric forms.. .Since the leading exponent of the color theory was a painter (Malevich), he … - El Lissitzky

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Painting.. ..turned to the design of purely abstract volumetric forms.. .Since the leading exponent of the color theory was a painter (Malevich), he failed to recognize the objective reality of the world [in architecture!]. Because he always looked at it only through his own eyes, he remained trapped in a world devoid of real objects. The broader implications of this had to be developed by us, the architects.

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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 Ėlʹ Lisit︠s︡kiĭ El Lissickij Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky Lasar Lissitzky Eliezer Lissitsky Lazar Markovich Lissitzky Lazar Markovich Lisitskii El Lazar Lissitzky Lazarʹ Markovich Lisit︠s︡kiĭ Lazar Markovich Lisi︡tskiĭ Lazar Markovich Lisitsky Eliezer Lissitzky Eliʻezer Lisitsḳi El Lissitsky Lazar Lissitzky E. M. Lissitsky El Lisitsḳi Eleazar Markovich Lissitzky El Lisitsky Eleazar M. Lissitzky Lasar Markowitsch Lissitzky Eliezer Lisitski Eliezer Lisitsky Lazarʼ Markovič Lisickij E. Lisitsḳi Lazar Markovich Lisitski Lazar Markovich Lisitzky Lasar Morduchovich Lissitsky Lissitzky

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This is the model we await from Kasimir Malevich. AFTER THE OLD TESTAMENT THERE CAME THE NEW AFTER THE NEW THE COMMUNIST AND AFTER THE COMMUNIST THERE FOLLOWS FINALLY THE TESTAMENT OF SUPREMATISM. [But in this text postponed in a far wider concept than Malevich meant his Suprematism ]

In 1935 I was appointed leading artist of the All-Soviet Agricultural Exhibition. I opposed the errors of the first leader, and resigned. Afterwards, while I was still in the sanatorium, I took over the design of the main building. The design of the main hall has been done according to my idea until now. From 1931 on, I was leading artist-architect of the 'Permanent Building Exhibition'. But as the years went by, my health deteriorating, I had less and less energy left for this type of commission, such as the realization of large-scale exhibitions. I still succeeded in designing the project for the museum-exhibition of the Ministry of 'Social Security'.

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In 1928 I designed a photo-montage frieze of 24 by 3.5 m for our 'Pressa' pavilion. It became the example par excellence for all larger-than-life montages, which were a permanent feature of the exhibitions from then on. During Majakovskij's stay in Berlin in 1923 I was commissioned to design his book 'For the Voice'. The book was recognized as the starting-point of a new typography, and the Gutenberg Society in Mainz made me a member. Another field of my work is the artistic and poly-graphic design of albums and periodicals.

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