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No 405 Naum Gabo
“The image my work invokes is the image of good – not evil; the image of order – not chaos; the image of life – not death. And that is all the content of my constructions amounts to.” Naum Gabo, a … Continue reading
No 401 Alexej von Jawlensky
“The artist expresses only what he has within himself, not what he sees with his eyes.” Alexej von Jawlensky, a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany was a key member of the New Munich Artist’s Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue … Continue reading
No 380 Marc Chagall
“Great art picks up where nature ends.” Marc Chagall, a Russian-French early modernist artist, was born on July 7, 1887.
No 204 El Lissitzky
“The space must be a kind of showcase, a stage, on which the pictures make their appearance as actors in a drama (or comedy). It should not imitate a living space.” El Lissitzky, who died 30th December 1941
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