DUE TO ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC GATHERINGS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THE ORGANISERS AND PUSHKIN HOUSE HAVE TAKEN THE DECISION TO POSTPONE THE EVENT UNTIL THE AUTUMN. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING NEW DATES SOON.
What is the course about?
After the assassination of the Russian royal family, artists were encouraged to embrace Communism by moving away from bourgeois traditions of painting in oil towards graphic design and collaborative authorship. Trace the development of Constructivism and key practitioners like El Lissitzky, Tatlin, and Rodchenko (including their impact on the Bauhaus).
In this evening art history class we also explore how a shift to Soviet Socialist Realism under Stalin led to the sidelining of art for art’s sake and yet how artists like Alexander Deineka, Brodsky, Petrov-Vodkin, and others continued to innovate.
What will we cover?
• The art of the Russian Revolution (including stage design, fashion etc.)
• The battle for the avantgarde: Malevich versus Chagall
• Avant-garde artists and movements 1917 to 1930s including El Lissitzky, Tatlin, Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to:
• Describe how the Russian Revolution affected the production and aesthetics of art
• Recognise the works of key artists and differentiate between movements/styles such as Constructivism and Soviet Socialist Realism
• Participate in discussions around key works of art in relation to theories of avant-gardism.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable for all levels.
You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information, and will be invited to take part in group discussion.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught with slide presentations and group discussions.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
You might wish to bring a notebook. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list given out in class.
Dr Marie-Anne Mancio trained as an artist before gaining a D.Phil. from the University of Sussex for her thesis ‘Maps for Wayward Performers: feminist readings of contemporary live art practice in Britain’. She is an accredited NADFAS lecturer and has lectured on art, architecture, and cultural studies for Tate Modern, The Course, Art in London, London Art Studies, and the London Art Salon. She is an accredited Art Society lecturer. Fluent in Italian and French, she lectures on City Lit’s art history study trips abroad. She has led trips to Venice, Florence, Rome, Perugia, Assisi, Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, and St. Petersburg. Since attaining an MPhil (Distinction) in Creative Writing from Glasgow University, her art practice has become primarily text-based, including a novel about four migrant women in antebellum America: ‘Whorticulture’.
TICKETS
Tickets are available to purchase from the City Lit website. This workshop will take place in Pushkin House.