Small correction for future watchers, the white army in the Russian Civil War was *not* headed by the Mensheviks. The Mensheviks were a rival socialist party that had mostly either joined with the Bolsheviks or had fizzled out by the time of the Civil War. The Whites in the Civil War were almost exclusively composed of Russians who opposed the Bolsheviks, primarily Tsarists. Obviously it's a small correction but it's worth pointing out.
Nice and clear video! I really like the explanation of how constructivism compares to sculpting. Now, to get it out of my system, there is a problem I have with constructivists and abstract artists and that is the meaning of mono paint "artworks" (like the pure series from 1921). No, I'm not attacking it for being somewhat pretentions... My point is that since colour is fairly subjective, a bending of light by physical science, a mono paintwork carries no meaning, no info (take it from the perspective of colour blind for instance). Contrary to the statement of "it is just colour", one could say no, it is not colour, it is nothing.
I am in love with color, so I do agree with you on one level. At the same, remember that these artists used pure hues of primary colors. For them, that was a way of treating color in its least variable, most scientific way. For aficianados of color -- like me, and I suspect you -- the subjectivity is part of its magic.
Brilliant and fascinating, thank you.
This is the video Ive been looking, non of the articles or past videos I have seen or read make such clear points, thank you for sharing!!
What a fantastic lecture, thank you.
This is really well-informed and useful.
Thank you so much for this upload! Absolutely fascinating content
Hi proffessor, don't know how you came to be recommended but I sure did enjoy this lecture.
"Proun" has two syllables: PRO-UN. (pro-oon)
amazing wideo, fantastically narrated, deeper look into topic
So fascinating! Thankyou for this video
Thank you very much for posting this! NOW I GET my Russian Constructivism lesson from my university...
Thank you for this, this is part of my research for my Interior Design class.
Deighted!
Fantastic descriptions and analysis. Would you consider adding an addendum-video on Productivism?
Great idea! I will put that on the list.
thank you, it was so fascinating and inspiring!
Thank you for your very informative video.
The narration is so passionate and knowledgeable, this was superb
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Small correction for future watchers, the white army in the Russian Civil War was *not* headed by the Mensheviks. The Mensheviks were a rival socialist party that had mostly either joined with the Bolsheviks or had fizzled out by the time of the Civil War. The Whites in the Civil War were almost exclusively composed of Russians who opposed the Bolsheviks, primarily Tsarists. Obviously it's a small correction but it's worth pointing out.
Too bad the Whites lost.
I'm only two minutes in and I think this is great!
Thank you for the lecture, and the channel! Can you please provide the bibliography for this one?
I will put that on my To-Do list. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@Observant_Mind thank you! It could be good for future videos, don't worry about this one 😀!
Nice and clear video! I really like the explanation of how constructivism compares to sculpting. Now, to get it out of my system, there is a problem I have with constructivists and abstract artists and that is the meaning of mono paint "artworks" (like the pure series from 1921). No, I'm not attacking it for being somewhat pretentions... My point is that since colour is fairly subjective, a bending of light by physical science, a mono paintwork carries no meaning, no info (take it from the perspective of colour blind for instance). Contrary to the statement of "it is just colour", one could say no, it is not colour, it is nothing.
I am in love with color, so I do agree with you on one level. At the same, remember that these artists used pure hues of primary colors. For them, that was a way of treating color in its least variable, most scientific way. For aficianados of color -- like me, and I suspect you -- the subjectivity is part of its magic.
Soviet film and art were often fantastic, but Marxism can kick rocks.
Oh dear dear ! You art critics do overthink these things ! And seem to make up stories of what people think and do ! Utter crap !!