series of editorials on prominent designers

aleksei gan was an artist, graphic designer, and design theorist who is considered one of the key figures of russian constructivism. he wrote an influential manifesto for the movement and created different types of artworks, from magazines to buildings.

before joining the communist party in the early 1920’s, he was an anarchist, which likely led to his arrest and subsequent execution by stalinist secret police in 1942.

 

Aleksei Gan in a uniform, 1924. Photo by Alexander Rodchenko

Aleksei Gan, 1924. Photo by Alexander Rodchenko.

 

 

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joins the Communist party and becomes one of the key figures of the early Soviet avant-garde

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born in Moscow as Aleksei Imberkh

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participates in the Russian anarchist underground

Signature of Aleksei Gan.

 

Signature of Aleksei Gan

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fights in World War I where he suffers a severe concussion, heightening his susceptibility to alcohol abuse

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works in Moscow as a mass action organizer

Four constructivists at the table, drinking tea. From left to right: Shub, Rodchenko, Gan, Stepanova

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Four constructivists at the table. From left to right: Esfir Shub, Alexander Rodchenko, Aleksei Gan, Varvara Stepanova, 1925.

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elected president of the Soviet Inventors Association,

co-founds First Working Group of Constructivists along with Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova

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publishes his Constructivism manifesto and designs a mobile book-selling kiosk

 

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we declare uncompromising war on art. —aleksei gan

Advertisement made by Aleksei Gan and Alexander Rodchenko
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