New exhibition of Soviet art and architecture
“deserves to be stampeded”- The Independent
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick lauds the forthcoming exhibition Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-35 at the Royal Academy in London and explains how the bold, fragmented imagery of this period has influenced contemporary architects from Zaha Hadid to Rem Koolhaas – The Independent
Merrick delves into the historical circumstances that informed the revolutionary approach to creativity of artists and architects such as El Lissitzky, Alexandr Rodchenko and Vladimir Tatlin, stating that “in a world awash with ‘iconic’ architecture, nothing comes even close to radiating the raw potency of this truly revolutionary form.”
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