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'''Constructivism''' was an [[art]] movement which is characterized by broken shapes and overlapping images.  It lasted from 1913 to 1932 in [[Russia]].  It major artists were [[Vladimir Tatlin]] (1885 – 1953, regarded as a progenitor of Russian Constructivism) and [[Kazimir Malevich]] (1878-1935). It inspired the [[Deconstructivism]] art movement which followed.
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'''Constructivism''' was an [[art]] movement which is characterized by broken shapes and overlapping images.  It lasted from 1913 to 1932 in [[Russia]].  It major artists were [[Vladimir Tatlin]] (1885 – 1953, regarded as a progenitor of Russian Constructivism) and [[Kazimir Malevich]] (1878-1935). It inspired the [[Deconstructivism]] art movement which followed. Constructivism is seen as a rejection of the idea of autonomous art, the movement was in favor of art as a practice for social purposes.
    
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In 1913, Kazimir Malevich began creating [[abstract]] geometric patterns in style he called ''Suprematism'' - where art could be free from the burden of the object.  
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In 1913, Kazimir Malevich began creating [[abstract]] geometric patterns in a style he called ''Suprematism'' - where art could be free from the burden of the object.  
    
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A Futurist Exhibition took place in St. Petersburg in December 1915; this exhibition has since been credited in launching two new styles ''Constructivism'' along with ''Suprematism'', which dominated [[art]] in Russia including image design, [[architecture]] and theatre until ''Socialist Realism'' was forcibly introduced. [http://www.gla.ac.uk/~dc4w/laibach/malevich.html]
 
A Futurist Exhibition took place in St. Petersburg in December 1915; this exhibition has since been credited in launching two new styles ''Constructivism'' along with ''Suprematism'', which dominated [[art]] in Russia including image design, [[architecture]] and theatre until ''Socialist Realism'' was forcibly introduced. [http://www.gla.ac.uk/~dc4w/laibach/malevich.html]
 
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== See also ==
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*[[Painting Schools]]
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*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
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*[[Contemporary painting]]
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.moma.org/collection/theme.php?theme_id=10955 Constructivism.] The Museum of Modern Art.