I was doing little research about Soviet Union in 1930's for school. I
was supposed to make a design for Michail Bulgakov's classic novel Maestro
and Margarita (or "Satan arrives in Moscow). Bulgakov started writing it
in 1928, but it was published as late as 1967. It's one of my favorite novels. Anyways, I discovered and got stuck with these very inspiring textile designs from 1920's by Varvara Stepanova.
Stepanova was one of the key artist in Russian Constructivism movement among Lyubov Popova and Alexander Rodchenko. I remember seeing an
exhibition of Popova and Rodchenko's work in Tate Modern in London in 2009.
Also Stepanova was one the participants of revolutionary 5x5=25 exhibition
of abstract art held in Moscow in 1921 (and reconstructed in Tate in 2009). The exhibition was a milestone in
defining Constructivist art, which was very influential in
development of modern art and architecture. Later Stepanova worked as
professor of textile design in Vhkutmeas (Russian state art and technical
school). She also did stage design, advertisement and propaganda posters and clothing design. Stepanova
herself was interested in fashion and encouraged her students to be so as well. Design reflects the artistic ideas of the society, and in this historical period in very concrete way.
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