Boris Arvatov

Sobranie sochinenij odnogo iz glavnykh teoretikov proizvodstvennogo iskusstva epokhi russkogo avangarda V chetyrekhtomnoe sobranie sochinenij Borisa Arvatova (1986-1940) voshli prakticheski vse ego teksty, napisannye s 1923 po 1931 god. Radikalnaja ideja Arvatova zakljuchalas v ponimanii iskusstva kak prakticheskogo instrumenta, s pomoschju kotorogo khudozhnik dolzhen organizovyvat byt i proizvodstvo, a ne izobrazhat ikh. Stremjas porvat s traditsiej burzhuaznogo iskusstva, osnovannoj na ukhode ot dejstvitelnosti, Arvatov zajavljal: khudozhnik - ne izbrannyj prorok, risujuschij natjurmorty, portrety ili pejzazhi, a "kvalifitsirovannyj" inzhener-remeslennik, kotoryj truditsja v masterskoj i pomogaet reshat zadachi, stojaschie pered obschestvom. V pervyj tom voshli sborniki statej Borisa Arvatova "Iskusstvo i klassy" (1923 g.) i "Ob agit- i proz-iskusstve" (1930 g.); vo vtoroj - kniga "Iskusstvo i proizvodstvo" (1926 g.) i sbornik "Sotsiologicheskaja poetika" s tekstami 1923-1927 godov. Tretij tom vkljuchaet issledovanija, posvjaschennye khudozhniku Natanu Altmanu (1924 g.) i poetu Vladimiru Majakovskomu (1931 g.); v chetvertom tome predstavleny prizhiznennye publikatsii Arvatova, sobrannye po razlichnym periodicheskim izdanijam, a takzhe arkhivnye materialy, sredi kotorykh osobyj interes predstavljajut pisma Borisa Arvatova, a takzhe ego ottsa, Ignatija Arvatova, prolivajuschie svet na poslednie gody zhizni kritika.Boris Arvatov (1896-1940) - iskusstvoved, khudozhestvennyj i literaturnyj kritik, teoretik proizvodstvennogo iskusstva i odin iz osnovatelej tvorcheskogo obedinenija LEF.

Boris Arvatov's Art and Production is a classic of the early Soviet avant-garde. Now nearing a century since its first publication, it is a crucial intervention for those seeking to understand the social dynamic of art and revolution during the period. Derived from the internal struggles of Soviet Constructivism, as it confronted the massive problems of cultural transformation after 'War Communism', Arvatov's writing is a major force in the split that occurred in the revolutionary horizons of Constructivism in the early 1920s. Critical of early Constructivism's social-aesthetic process of art's transformation of daily life - epitomised in studio-based painting, photography and object making - Arvatov polemicises for the devolution of artistic skills directly into the relations of production and the factory. Whilst acknowledging the problems of a pure factory-based Productivism, Arvatov remains overwhelmingly committed to a new role and function for art outside the conventional studio and traditional gallery. Addressing issues such as artistic labour and productive labour, the artist as technician, art and multidisciplinarity and a life for art beyond 'art' - finding new relevance amidst the extensive social turn of contemporary participatory art - Art and Production offers a timely and compelling manifesto.

Boris Arvatov's Art and Production is a classic of the early Soviet avant-garde. Now nearing a century since its first publication, it is a crucial intervention for those seeking to understand the social dynamic of art and revolution during the period. Derived from the internal struggles of Soviet Constructivism, as it confronted the massive problems of cultural transformation after 'War Communism', Arvatov's writing is a major force in the split that occurred in the revolutionary horizons of Constructivism in the early 1920s. Critical of early Constructivism's social-aesthetic process of art's transformation of daily life - epitomised in studio-based painting, photography and object making - Arvatov polemicises for the devolution of artistic skills directly into the relations of production and the factory. Whilst acknowledging the problems of a pure factory-based Productivism, Arvatov remains overwhelmingly committed to a new role and function for art outside the conventional studio and traditional gallery. Addressing issues such as artistic labour and productive labour, the artist as technician, art and multidisciplinarity and a life for art beyond 'art' - finding new relevance amidst the extensive social turn of contemporary participatory art - Art and Production offers a timely and compelling manifesto.