"..one should not depict an isolated building or a tree which may be very beautiful but which will be.. ..painting, will be aesthetics."
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Brik criticized Rodchenko's photography for its detachment from the "social demands" of the time and for attempting to resolve purely painterly goals by means of photo language
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Alexander Rodchenko
Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (5 December 1891 – 3 December, 1956 was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova.
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