“Any creative path is the sum total of our childhood and adolescent impressions, our impressions of the world around us and of the illusions of adolescence,” wrote Rodchenko in his 1941 autobiographical sketch.
To understand Rodchenko’s art, we must first of all ask what kind of man he was.
Of all those who knew him, his wife Varvara Ferodovna Stepanova was the person who understood him better than any other. She was the one who nicknamed him “Anti”, an affectionate term that well described his intrinsic susceptibility, but also underlined his predisposition for proud independence.
“Any creative path is the sum total of our childhood and adolescent impressions, our impressions of the world around us and of the illusions of adolescence,” wrote Rodchenko in his 1941 autobiographical sketch.
To understand Rodchenko’s art, we must first of all ask what kind of man he was.
Of all those who knew him, his wife Varvara Ferodovna Stepanova was the person who understood him better than any other. She was the one who nicknamed him “Anti”, an affectionate term that well described his intrinsic susceptibility, but also underlined his predisposition for proud independence.