Events

Russian Berlin - Emigres, Immigrants and the 1920s Avant-garde


Institute Conference
28th November 1999

Alexander Archipenko
'Reclining'
1922
Marble

Image courtesy of the Archipenko Foundation
© 2012 Estate of Alexander Archipenko / Artist Rights Society (ARS) New York
Photo: Jeffrey Sturges

This study day explores Berlin as an artistic centre in the 1920s, a period that saw the arrival of many Eastern European artists in the city, including the sculptors Alexander Archipenko, El Lissitsky, Naum Gabo and Nathan Altman.

Speakers:

Michael White (University of York)

'Russin Berlin: Emigres, Immigrants and the Avant-garde'

Paul Paret (University of Utah)

'Archipenko in Berlin: Critics, Contexts, Controversies'

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