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Selected Criticism, 1915–1929

Selected Criticism, 1915–1929 Aleksandr Rodchenko. Osip Brik. 1924. Selected Criticism, 1915–1929 OSIP BRIK “The Democratization of Art” A state of bewilderment among our art workers is now evident. Why have they taken to forming organizations such as “Freedom for Art,” “Art for the People,” “Unions of Art Workers” and linking them to the revolution? Why this talk of art’s democratization, of its autonomy and separation from the state, etc.? What have democracy and art in common? Or art and revolution? This bewilderment points to a complete lack of understanding of art, democracy, and above all, the meaning of the Russian Revolution. Had the meaning of this revolution been limited to politics, to the establishment of a state system, then art would not have mattered, and art workers would not have had to raise issues whose resolution depends on neither a monarchical nor a republican Russia. However, the essence of the Russian Revolution and its creative effect are not limited to the construction of the state. Its project is the formulation and solution of problems of social and cultural life and in the establishment, through its new approach, of its worldwide significance. This is neither the last in the series of national http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png October MIT Press

Selected Criticism, 1915–1929

Brik, Osip
October , Volume Fall 2010 (134) – Oct 1, 2010
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Aleksandr Rodchenko. Osip Brik. 1924. Selected Criticism, 1915–1929 OSIP BRIK “The Democratization of Art” A state of bewilderment among our art workers is now evident. Why have they taken to forming organizations such as “Freedom for Art,” “Art for the People,” “Unions of Art Workers” and linking them to the revolution? Why this talk of art’s democratization, of its autonomy and separation from the state, etc.? What have democracy and art in common? Or art and revolution? This bewilderment points to a complete lack of understanding of art, democracy, and above all, the meaning of the Russian Revolution. Had the meaning of this revolution been limited to politics, to the establishment of a state system, then art would not have mattered, and art workers would not have had to raise issues whose resolution depends on neither a monarchical nor a republican Russia. However, the essence of the Russian Revolution and its creative effect are not limited to the construction of the state. Its project is the formulation and solution of problems of social and cultural life and in the establishment, through its new approach, of its worldwide significance. This is neither the last in the series of national

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