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In Production:
THE DECONSTRUCTION OF AN ARTIST Documentary, Digital Betacam, 16:9, stereo, colour, 56' |
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Gustav Klucis (1895–1938), one of the pioneers and major exponents of constructivism and photo collage, is also one of the most controversial figures in Latvian art. Born in a peasants’ family, he is perhaps the best known Latvian artist in the world. Ironically, the art catalogues and textbooks call him a Russian artist, and in Latvia he is still largely regarded as some sort of a "lost son".
Gustav Klucis’s life and artistic career pose many questions still unanswered today. Who was he? A hero or a victim of his own political naivety? An idealist or a conformist? A patriot or a traitor of his homeland? Killed during the Stalin’s purges at the end of the 1930s, his name lives on in art history as one of the classics of Russia’s avant-garde art. This film will endeavour to "decipher" Klucis by using the means of his own artistic thinking. |
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publishing permitted without written authorisation from authors of this material. Information provider: Uldis Cekulis. Information provider is responsible for the contents of published materials. Design and sequence © Gilde film studio, 1998 |
