Red Tower
Screenprint
1986-1998 (made)
1986-1998 (made)
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Yuri Avvakumov is a founding member and theorist-in-chief of a group of Russian conceptual artists called the 'Paper Architects'. This group graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute in the early 1980s and, frustrated by the conservatism of their profession in Russia and the shortage of funds for new building, they turned instead to entering competitions sponsored by western and Japanese architectural journals, where their fantastic and unrealiseable schemes won them international acclaim. The term 'Paper Architecture' was a derogatory one applied to the unrealistic dreams of the revolutionary avant-garde of the early twentieth century, whose utopian ambitions Avvakumov parodies in Red Tower.
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Materials and Techniques | Screenprint on paper |
Brief Description | Red Tower. Screenprint by Yuri Avvakomov, Russia, 1986-1998. |
Physical Description | Screenprint. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
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Gallery Label | Yuri Avvakumov was a founding member of the Paper Architects. This was a group of young graduates from the Moscow Architecture Institute in the early 1980s. Frustrated by a lack of innovative building projects, they expressed their ideas through conceptual art instead. ‘Paper Architecture’ was the derogatory name given to the unrealistic schemes of the Russian avant-garde. Red Tower is Avvakumov’s homage to Constructivist architect and artist Vladimir Tatlin.(22/10/2016) |
Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
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Summary | Yuri Avvakumov is a founding member and theorist-in-chief of a group of Russian conceptual artists called the 'Paper Architects'. This group graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute in the early 1980s and, frustrated by the conservatism of their profession in Russia and the shortage of funds for new building, they turned instead to entering competitions sponsored by western and Japanese architectural journals, where their fantastic and unrealiseable schemes won them international acclaim. The term 'Paper Architecture' was a derogatory one applied to the unrealistic dreams of the revolutionary avant-garde of the early twentieth century, whose utopian ambitions Avvakumov parodies in Red Tower. |
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Accession Number | E.2090-2004 |
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record created | July 16, 2004 |
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