[in design] there should be nothing random, uncontrolled, nothing based only on blind taste and aesthetic voluntarism. everything should be thought through, both technically and functionally. —aleksei gan

 

 

Poster dedicated to the First Exhibition of Modern Architecture designed by Aleksei Gan

best known as co-founder of the first working group of constructivists and author of the group’s agitational and theoretical texts, gan's own oeuvre was comprised of amateur performances and mass-media objects (texts, books, journals, and films). —kristin romberg, soviet art historian