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Description:
abstract; black square on eng, with several long rectangles of gray, yellow and orange bisecting it

Label Text:
Composed of pure geometric forms, this bold composition is typical of Moholy-Nagy’s explorations in abstraction. The “K” of the title refers to the German word Konstruktion (construction). In 1921, Moholy-Nagy was introduced to the work of the Russian Constructivists, who referred to their artworks as constructions. The term reflected their interest in the precision of technology as well as their focus on the transparent “construction” of art from basic shapes and materials.

As Moholy-Nagy wrote, “Constructivism is the socialism of vision.” For Moholy-Nagy and the artists he associated with, art had a responsibility to move the world towards a new social and political reality by conveying universal visual principles.

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