Veshch'/Gegenstand/Objet Explained

Veshch'/Gegenstand/Objet
Editor:El Lissitzky
Ilya Ehrenburg
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Category:Constructivism (art)
Frequency:twice
Publisher:Skythen Verlag
Finalnumber:3
Country:Germany
Based:Berlin
Language:Russian/German/French

Veshch'/Gegenstand/Objet was an International Review of Modern Art published in Berlin by El Lissitzky and Ilya Ehrenburg in 1922. It was a trilingual publication whose title contained words for "object" in Russian (вещь), German (Gegenstand) and French (Objet).[1] Following the publication of the initial issue Veshch 1–2 in March/April 1922, Veshch 3 was published in May 1922. There were no further issues.

Lissitzky had been working association with UNOVIS an art group formed by Malevich in Vitebsk. In December 1921 Lissitzky moved to Berlin. here he became an influential advocate of recent developments inRussian art, particularly constructivism.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veshch/Gegenstand/Objet . DADA Companion . 10 September 2024 . 29 April 2019. http://web.archive.org/web/20190429120853/http://www.dada-companion.com/journals/per_veshch.php . 2019-04-29 .
  2. Lodder, Christina (2003) "El Lissitzky and the export of Constructivism" (pp. 27-45) in Situating El Lissitzky: Vitebsk, Berlin, Moscow, ed. by Nancy Perloff and Brian Reed. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute