MOIRE Schusev represent the exhibition dedicated to the avant-garde architecture of 1920-30-х years

MOIRE them. A. V. Shchusev
1 Dec 2017 — 1 APR 2018
enfilade of the Main building, Moscow, Vozdvizhenka str, 5/25

State scientific-исследовательский Museum of architecture named after Schusev, Moscow is a large-scale exhibition project "AVANGARDSTROY. The architectural rhythm of the Revolution", dedicated to 100-летнему the anniversary of the October revolution of 1917.

the Architectural avant-garde was born in a pot boiling artistic events 1920-х years, together with the Suprematism of Malevich, Mayakovsky and innovative productions of Meyerhold. It contributed to the development of the original system of learning, created by teachers, Workshops, and activities of innovative groups ASNOVA (Association of new architects) and OSA (Union of contemporary architects). Public policy, the cultural revolution and the collectivization of life of townspeople has led to unprecedented rise in construction across the country and the emergence of new types of structures — working clubs, incombination, houses-коммун and factories-кухонь. Innovative ideas of Soviet architects was embodied not only in the actual construction 1920-30-х years, but in the utopian projects for the reconstruction of entire cities.

Bright era avant-garde architecture of 1920-30-х years is presented in the works of the outstanding Soviet architects and artists such as vesnins brothers, Ivan Leonidov, Konstantin Melnikov, Nikolai Ladovsky, Moisei Ginzburg, Ilya and Panteleimon Golosov, Vladimir Krinsky, and many others. Author's graphics will be supplemented with layouts, archival footage, photographs, documents, and works of decorative-прикладного art from the museums of Moscow, St.-Петербурга and private collections. A large number of items from the collections of the Museum of architecture will be shown for the first time.

the materials of the exhibition stand in the exhibition, designed by the architectural Studio of Totan Kuzembaev, whose interest in experimentation with materials and form would be worthy of framing bold ideas "pioneers of Soviet architecture" 1920-30-х years.

One of the goals of the project is to draw attention to the problem of preservation of monuments of the Soviet avant-garde — valuable object of the architectural heritage of not only our country but all over the world.

Source: press-релиз MOIRE them. A. V. Shchusev