August 14th, 2009 / 12:22 pm
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BOMBlog: Russian Avant-Garde

RodchenkoPlakatThose who are following my year-long Russian lit journey might be interested to glance over at the BOMBlog, where Kevin Kinsella has an essay about the Russian Avant-Garde, particularly the photos of Aleksandr Rodchenko, whose portraits of Lilya Brik, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Osip Brik have shifted through various meanings/uses: photographic evidence of the threesome’s close friendship, symbols of the Russian Avant-Garde movement, and state propaganda posters.

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3 Comments

  1. August 14th, 2009 / 5:41 pm Merzmensch—

      Great article.

      And what a pity I found HTMLGiant so late… I would be glad to participate on the Russian literature discussions beeing ehm… a mandatory Russian :-)

      Hope, it will be continued here one day.

      But if you’ll write about German and Japanese literature, you can count on me – I’m also a mandatory German and Japanese.

  2. August 14th, 2009 / 1:41 pm Merzmensch—

      Great article.

      And what a pity I found HTMLGiant so late… I would be glad to participate on the Russian literature discussions beeing ehm… a mandatory Russian :-)

      Hope, it will be continued here one day.

      But if you’ll write about German and Japanese literature, you can count on me – I’m also a mandatory German and Japanese.

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