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− | <onlyinclude>[[The New Art Exhibition]] | + | <onlyinclude>[[The New Art Exhibition]] was held on 20 May - 20 June 1923 at Corso Cinema on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in [[Vilnius]] and organised by [[Władysław Strzemiński]] and [[Vytautas Kairiūkštis]]. 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; besides Strzemiński and Kairiūkštis participants also included [[Mieczysław Szczuka]] (first montage photographs), [[Henryk Stażewski]], and [[Teresa Żarnowerówna]], all of whom later become the members of the [[Blok]] group; also [[Karol Kryński]], [[Maria Puciatycka]] exhibited.</onlyinclude> |
http://www.lituanus.org/2008/08_2_03%20Liutkus.html | http://www.lituanus.org/2008/08_2_03%20Liutkus.html |
Revision as of 23:44, 30 October 2011
The New Art Exhibition was held on 20 May - 20 June 1923 at Corso Cinema on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in Vilnius and organised by Władysław Strzemiński and Vytautas Kairiūkštis. 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; besides Strzemiński and Kairiūkštis participants also included Mieczysław Szczuka (first montage photographs), Henryk Stażewski, and Teresa Żarnowerówna, all of whom later become the members of the Blok group; also Karol Kryński, Maria Puciatycka exhibited.