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<onlyinclude>[[The New Art Exhibition]], 20 May - 20 June 1923, organised by [[Władysław Strzemiński]] and [[Vytautas Kairiūkštis]], at Corso Cinema on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in [[Vilnius]]. Meeting ground for Russian and Western European avant-garde movements. One of the first manifestations of constructivist art outside Russia. Works included painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, scenography, and printing. Cubist, Constructivist, and Suprematist compositions predominated. Its catalogue includes Kairiūkštis’ constructivist manifesto. The exhibition marked the first appearance of Polish Constructivism; participants included [[Mieczysław Szczuka]] (first montage photographs), [[Henryk Stażewski]], Strzemiński, and [[Teresa Żarnowerówna]], all of whom later become the members of the [[Blok]] group; also [[Karol Kryński]], [[Maria Puciatycka]] exhibited.</onlyinclude>
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[[Image:Katalog_wystawy_nowej_sztuki_w_Wilnie_1923.jpg|thumb|258px|Cover of the catalogue, 1923.]]
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<onlyinclude>[[The New Art Exhibition]] [Wystawa Nowej Sztuki] was held on 20 May - 20 June 1923 at Corso Cinema [Kinematograf Corso] on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in [[Vilnius]] [Wilno] and organised by [[Władysław Strzemiński]] and [[Vytautas Kairiūkštis]]. One of the first manifestations of constructivist art outside Russia. Works included painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, scenography, and prints. Cubist, Constructivist, and Suprematist compositions predominated. Its catalogue includes Kairiūkštis’ constructivist manifesto. The exhibition marked the first appearance of Polish Constructivism; besides Strzemiński and Kairiūkštis participants also included [[Mieczysław Szczuka]] (first montage photographs), [[Henryk Stażewski]], [[Teresa Żarnowerówna]], [[Karol Kryński]], and [[Maria Puciatycka]], all of whom later become the members of the [[Blok]] group.</onlyinclude>
  
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==Literature==
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* Viktoras Liutkus, [http://www.lituanus.org/2008/08_2_03%20Liutkus.html "Lithuanian Art and the Avant-Garde of the 1920s: Vytautas Kairiūkštis and the New Art Exhibition in Vilnius"], ''Lituanus'' 54:2 (Summer 2008). {{en}}
  
http://www.lituanus.org/2008/08_2_03%20Liutkus.html
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==See also==
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* [[Poland#Constructivists]]
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* [[Central_and_Eastern_Europe#Constructivists.2C_Futurists|Central and Eastern Europe#Constructivists, Futurists]]
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==Links==
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* [http://msl.org.pl/pl/wydarzenia/70-rocznica_wystawy_nowej_sztuki/# 70th Anniversary Exhibition], Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, 1993. [http://worldcat.org/oclc/29549454 Catalogue].
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{{Avant-garde art exhibitions and events}}
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[[Category:Constructivism|New Art Exhibition]]

Revision as of 01:24, 4 August 2015

Cover of the catalogue, 1923.

The New Art Exhibition [Wystawa Nowej Sztuki] was held on 20 May - 20 June 1923 at Corso Cinema [Kinematograf Corso] on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in Vilnius [Wilno] and organised by Władysław Strzemiński and Vytautas Kairiūkštis. One of the first manifestations of constructivist art outside Russia. Works included painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, scenography, and prints. Cubist, Constructivist, and Suprematist compositions predominated. Its catalogue includes Kairiūkštis’ constructivist manifesto. The exhibition marked the first appearance of Polish Constructivism; besides Strzemiński and Kairiūkštis participants also included Mieczysław Szczuka (first montage photographs), Henryk Stażewski, Teresa Żarnowerówna, Karol Kryński, and Maria Puciatycka, all of whom later become the members of the Blok group.

Literature

See also

Links