Research for Project 3

 Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) was a Russian painter and architect in the constructivist movement. His most famous piece was a design for The Monument to the Third International, which is now known as Tatlin’s Tower. The reason I chose Tatlin is because I’m familiar with his piece Tatlin’s Tower as architecture. The tower would have been the tallest s structure in the world, dwarfing the Eiffel Tower. While some would argue that the tower is a mess of steel and glass I believe that there is a minimalist beauty to it.

Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor and graphic artist. He used negative space or voids to create a new way of looking at the human figure, showing a number of views of the subject simultaneously.

Tony Smith (1912-1980) was an American sculptor, visual artist, and a noted theorist on art. He is primarily known for his influential Minimalist sculpture. In the early 40’s he worked for Frank Llyod Wright and introduced him to module concrete blocks.


 

Mark di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He specializes in oversized metal sculpture. His sculptures can be found all over the world. I find his sculptures interesting because despite the fact that they sculptures are bare I beams he manages to arrange the pieces in a way that still keeps them interesting and engaging.

  

Joan Miro was a Spanish Catalan painter sculptor and ceramist. He has been classified as a surrealist, and regularly voiced contempt for conventional painting methods. Miro famously declared an “assassination of painting” in favor of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.