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|caption = Karl Ioganson, Moscow, c1922. | |caption = Karl Ioganson, Moscow, c1922. | ||
|birth_date = {{birth date|1890|1|16|mf=y}} | |birth_date = {{birth date|1890|1|16|mf=y}} | ||
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|collections = [[Costakis::{{Costakis|Ioganson%20Karel}}|Costakis]] | |collections = [[Costakis::{{Costakis|Ioganson%20Karel}}|Costakis]] | ||
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| − | [[Image:Karl_Ioganson_Voldemars_Andersons_Karlis_Veidemanis_Gustav_Klucis_at_the_Kremlin_in_Lenins_Model_T_Ford_Summer_1918.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Karl_Ioganson_Voldemars_Andersons_Karlis_Veidemanis_Gustav_Klucis_at_the_Kremlin_in_Lenins_Model_T_Ford_Summer_1918.jpg|thumb|350px|Karl Ioganson, [[Voldemars Andersons]], [[Karlis Veidemanis]], and [[Gustav Klutsis]] pose in Lenin's Model T Ford at the Kremlin, Summer 1918. All four artists were members of a detachment of Latvian machine gunners appointed to guard the Kremlin after Lenin's transfer of the Russian capital to Moscow in March 1918.]] |
'''Karl Ioganson''' (Kārlis Johansons, Kaрл Вольдемарович Иогансон; 1890-1929) was a Latvian and Russian Constructivist artist. | '''Karl Ioganson''' (Kārlis Johansons, Kaрл Вольдемарович Иогансон; 1890-1929) was a Latvian and Russian Constructivist artist. | ||
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Ioganson_Karl_1920_Construction_from_Spatial_Cross_series.jpg|Construction from ''Spatial Cross'' series, c1920. | Ioganson_Karl_1920_Construction_from_Spatial_Cross_series.jpg|Construction from ''Spatial Cross'' series, c1920. | ||
Ioganson_Karl_1921_Spatial_Constructions.jpg|''Spatial Constructions'' [Пространственные конструкции], 1921. Wood, metal, and wire. Dimensions unknown. | Ioganson_Karl_1921_Spatial_Constructions.jpg|''Spatial Constructions'' [Пространственные конструкции], 1921. Wood, metal, and wire. Dimensions unknown. | ||
| + | Ioganson_Karl_1921_2014c_Spatial_Construction.jpg|''Spatial Construction'', 1921. Reconstruction by Viacheslav Koleichuk and Juris Sils. Photo: Reinis Hofmanis. | ||
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| + | ===Drawings related to the 1921-22 debate on production art at Inkhuk=== | ||
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| + | Ioganson_Karl_1922_Construction_by_Ioganson_Representation.jpg|''Construction by Ioganson (Representation)'', 1922. Paper collage, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. 45.5 x 33.7 cm. [http://www.greekstatemuseum.com/kmst/collections/db/search.html?primary_control_0=AN&secondary_control_0=S&tertiary_control_text_0=Ioganson%20Karel&sort_order=1&start=1&show=1 Costakis] | ||
| + | Ioganson_Karl_1922_Electrical_Circuit_Representation.jpg|''Electrical Circuit (Representation)'', 1922. Paper collage, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. 45.4 x 33.6 cm. [http://www.greekstatemuseum.com/kmst/collections/db/search.html?primary_control_0=AN&secondary_control_0=S&tertiary_control_text_0=Ioganson%20Karel&sort_order=1&start=2&show=1 Costakis] | ||
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==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
| − | * "Ot konstruktsii k tekhnike i izobreteniiu" [От конструкции к технике и изобретению] [9 Mar 1922], | + | * "Ot konstruktsii k tekhnike i izobreteniiu" [От конструкции к технике и изобретению] [9 Mar 1922], typescript, 3 pp; Khan-Magomedov collection, Moscow; printed in Maria Gough, ''The Artist as Producer'', Harvard University, 1997. Given as lecture at [[INKhUK]] as part of the ongoing discussion about a "move into production"; outlines two different kinds of construction: the "artistic" and "real 'structural-technical'" (''podlinnyi "stroitel'no-tekhnicheskii"''), and argues that the role of the Constructivist artist must be not that of a creator of utilitarian objects (as in ''tekhnika'') but of an inventor (''izobretatel' ''). {{ru}} |
| − | ** "From Construction to Technology and Invention", in ''Art Into Life: Russian Constructivism, 1914-1932'', eds. Richard Andrews and Milena Kalinovska, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, | + | ** "From Construction to Technology and Invention", trans. James West, in ''Art Into Life: Russian Constructivism, 1914-1932'', eds. Richard Andrews and Milena Kalinovska, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, p 70. {{en}} |
** "From Construction to Tekhnika and Invention", in Maria Gough, ''The Artist as Producer'', Harvard University, 1997. {{en}} | ** "From Construction to Tekhnika and Invention", in Maria Gough, ''The Artist as Producer'', Harvard University, 1997. {{en}} | ||
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* [http://vimeo.com/101699564 Demonstration video by Juris Sils], 2014. | * [http://vimeo.com/101699564 Demonstration video by Juris Sils], 2014. | ||
* [http://newcoldstructure.wordpress.com Reenactments of Ioganson's works], 2014. | * [http://newcoldstructure.wordpress.com Reenactments of Ioganson's works], 2014. | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://tensegritywiki.com/wiki/Ioganson,_Karl Article on Ioganson at Tensegrity wiki] |
* [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иогансон,_Карл_Вольдемарович Ioganson at Russian Wikipedia] | * [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иогансон,_Карл_Вольдемарович Ioganson at Russian Wikipedia] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 25 May 2022
 Karl Ioganson, Moscow, c1922. | |
| Born |
January 16, 1890 Cēsis, Latvia, Russian Empire |
|---|---|
| Died |
October 18, 1929 (aged 39) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Collections | Costakis |
Karl Ioganson, Voldemars Andersons, Karlis Veidemanis, and Gustav Klutsis pose in Lenin's Model T Ford at the Kremlin, Summer 1918. All four artists were members of a detachment of Latvian machine gunners appointed to guard the Kremlin after Lenin's transfer of the Russian capital to Moscow in March 1918.
Karl Ioganson (Kārlis Johansons, Kaрл Вольдемарович Иогансон; 1890-1929) was a Latvian and Russian Constructivist artist.
Contents
Works[edit]
Spatial Constructions[edit]
Study in Balance, c1920.
Construction from Spatial Cross series, c1920.
Spatial Constructions [Пространственные конструкции], 1921. Wood, metal, and wire. Dimensions unknown.
Spatial Construction, 1921. Reconstruction by Viacheslav Koleichuk and Juris Sils. Photo: Reinis Hofmanis.
Drawings for the construction/composition debate at Inkhuk[edit]
Ioganson, Graphic Representation of a Construction, 7 Apr 1921. Colored pencil and pencil on paper, 32.3 x 24.1 cm. Costakis.
Ioganson, Plan of a Composition: Natur-Morte, 7 Apr 1921. Colored pencil, ink, and pencil on paper, 24.3 x 31.8 cm. Costakis.
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Construction by Ioganson (Representation), 1922. Paper collage, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. 45.5 x 33.7 cm. Costakis
Electrical Circuit (Representation), 1922. Paper collage, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. 45.4 x 33.6 cm. Costakis
Writings[edit]
- "Ot konstruktsii k tekhnike i izobreteniiu" [От конструкции к технике и изобретению] [9 Mar 1922], typescript, 3 pp; Khan-Magomedov collection, Moscow; printed in Maria Gough, The Artist as Producer, Harvard University, 1997. Given as lecture at INKhUK as part of the ongoing discussion about a "move into production"; outlines two different kinds of construction: the "artistic" and "real 'structural-technical'" (podlinnyi "stroitel'no-tekhnicheskii"), and argues that the role of the Constructivist artist must be not that of a creator of utilitarian objects (as in tekhnika) but of an inventor (izobretatel' ). (Russian)
- "From Construction to Technology and Invention", trans. James West, in Art Into Life: Russian Constructivism, 1914-1932, eds. Richard Andrews and Milena Kalinovska, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, p 70. (English)
- "From Construction to Tekhnika and Invention", in Maria Gough, The Artist as Producer, Harvard University, 1997. (English)
Literature[edit]
- S.O. Khan-Magomedov (Селим Хан-Магомедов), "Пространственные конструкции К. Иогансона, К. Медунецкого, В. и Г. Стенбергов и А. Родченко", in Khan-Magomedov, Arkhitektura sovetskogo avangarda, 1 [Архитектура советского авангарда, 1], Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1996. (Russian)
- Maria Gough, The Artist as Producer: Karl Ioganson, Nikolai Tarabukin and Russian Constructivism, 1918-1926, Harvard University, 1997. Dissertation. (English)
- Maria Gough, "In the Laboratory of Constructivism. Karl Ioganson's Cold Structures", October 84 (Spring 1998), pp 90-117; new version as "In the Laboratory of Constructivism", ch. 2 in Gough, The Artist as Producer: Russian Constructivism in Revolution, University of California Press, 2005, pp 60-99. (English)
- "Letter from Kenneth Snelson to Maria Gough on Karl Ioganson", 17 Jun 2003. (English)
- Maria Gough, The Artist as Producer: Russian Constructivism in Revolution, University of California Press, 2005, 257 pp. (English)
- http://archvuz.ru/2006_4/29
