Now nearly a century since it was first published in 1926, Boris Arvatov's Art and Production remains a classic text of the early Soviet avant-garde. This is the first English edition of this influential work--a crucial intervention for those seeking to understand the social dynamic of art and revolution during the period. Derived from the internal struggles of Soviet constructivism, Arvatov's writing played a major role in the split that occurred in the constructivist movement of the early 1920s--Productivism. Arvatov acknowledges the problems of a factory-based Productivism, and he...
Now nearly a century since it was first published in 1926, Boris Arvatov's Art and Production remains a classic text of the early Soviet avant-...