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Space-Force Construction
Space-Force Construction
Space-Force Construction
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Space-Force Construction

by Ljubov Popova
Artist (Ryssland, 1889 - 1924)
Alternate Title
  • Konstruktion med rumslig kraft
Date1921
MediumOil on plywood
DimensionsBildmått: 56,9 × 57,9 cm Yttermått: 80 × 81 × 5,3 cm
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Credit LineInköp 2008 (Det andra önskemuseet)
Object NumberMOM/2008/50
CollectionsThe Second Museum of Our Wishes
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkLyubov Popova was one of the key figures in early 20th-century Russian avant-garde artists. She travelled widely and saw international art. In Paris, where she attended art school, she was strongly impressed by cubism. She also met Vladimir Tatlin around this time, and worked with him in his Moscow studio. Popova contributed to the development towards abstraction in painting. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, she embraced the ideals of the new social realism and designed propaganda posters. Art should be figurative and serve the workers’ cause. This is one of Popova’s late paintings. In 1921, she began designing textiles, books, stage sets and costumes, all in the service of the Soviet Union. Lyubov Popova died of scarlet fever, aged only 35. Selected exhibition history Dansmaskiner (den 22 januari 2014 - den 27 april 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ryskt avantgarde - Visioner om en framtid (den 14 september 2013 - den 12 januari 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Dance machinesDet andra önskemuseet : [Moderna Museet] Bibliography Nakov, Andrei, Russkij avant-garde, Moskva, Isskustvo Publ. 1991, ill. s. 99, detaljer s. 100f.