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Petersburg Museum of avant-garde "House Matyushina»,
September 3, 2012 - January 31, 2013
St. Petersburg, ul. Professor Popov, 10

The Museum of St. Petersburg avant-garde exhibition "Samozveri. Book-homemade. 1929-1935 ", which represents more than 30 children's books cognitive the 1920's and 30's from the collection of the National Library and private collections.

« Samozveri "- is the name of an unpublished book with a poem members of Lef S. Tretyakov and illustrations A. Rodchenko and B. Stepanova . The book was given simple design idea: a young reader is invited to make heroes out of the most ordinary household items.

«Samozveri" - one of the best examples of a new kind of children's book, which appeared in Soviet Russia at the end of the 1920s - the book-homemade. At the turn of the 1920s and 30s such books in the children develop design skills, many were printed, not counting special columns in the press for children. It is no coincidence that during the heyday of book-homemade. The country began "reconstruction period" - the establishment of the domestic industry. Future change of the builders of socialism was a special role. Before publishing a children's book presents new challenges - to introduce the technology, manufacturing, professions. In addition to stories about the production of the book contained "instructions", both by making toy factories, machines, things.

in creating books, homemade participated talented artists and writers: B. Ermolaeva , B. Zhitkov, Konashevich , K. Kuznetsov , Marshak, N. Paren, J. Perelman, M. Sinyakova , E. Charushin , Yudin , and others.

The exhibition at the Museum of St. Petersburg vanguard for books in the 1920's and 30's, in which children are invited to design a toy made of paper, cork, matchboxes , wood, metal and other materials. The exhibition demonstrates not only the book-homemade, but the book-vyrezalki, coloring books, etc.

Paper and scissors teach "Homemade" (text - J. Meksin , pictures - K. Kuznetsov), "Paper, Scissors" (text - L. Yudin, pictures - L. Yudin, V. Ermolaeva), "jump, fly" (text - E. Sinitsyn drawings - M. Sinyakova).

popular at the time of production and the industrial theme of the book is devoted, whose names speak for themselves: "Detmashstroy" (text - I. Korshunov, pictures - L. Kapustin), "Do It Yourself Conveyor "(text Abramov, drawings - Golitsyn)," Conveyor "(text - Abramov, pictures - Laptev ); «center of gravity" (text - Abramov, drawings - K. Kuznetsov), "Building Engines" (text - M. Pankov, pictures - Popova and B. Nikiforov).

on printing and paper book artist talk" homemade " "Cut, print" (text - Abramov, drawings - K. Kuznetsov) and "I'm a printer" (text and drawings - Zonnenshtal E. and K. Kuznetsov), "stencils" (text and pictures - Gromov ).

color and a series of books devoted to optics and optical puzzles illustrated by E. Dorfman, B. Tatarnikov, L. Hamburger.

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