Mrs. H's new review of MoMA's photo show that documents dissapearing early modernism is classic Huxtable. The exhibition, book and her article demonstrate the importance of memory - that the early Soviet ideals included a place for new art and architecture and their influence on society. This period of bold utopian ideals embodied in design is still fresh and relevant. Unfortunately, freedom of expression was short-lived and it's a terrible shame.
Be sure to click on the slide show.
She ends the article with an account of visiting an elderly, forgotten master. This story within the article is a little slice of Pushkin. She rocks on and this is more rationale for an autobiography.
There is no mention of my favorite:
Tatlin's Tower but a radio tower in the slide show embodies some astonishing constructivist features.
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