Alexander Rodchenko
Recent articles about Alexander Rodchenko
Cinematic view
Issue 97, Autumn 2018
A recent edition of Aperture examines the enduring affinity between two art forms. Photo Critique by…
Strikethrough
Issue 69, Autumn 2008
The act of erasure, or striking out, can add new, unintended meanings to the images and information…
Instruments of radical change
Issue 26, Autumn 1997
Rodchenko, Lissitzy and Moholy-Nagy were founding fathers of modern graphic…
Recent blog posts by Alexander Rodchenko
Posters of protest and peace
7 July 2015
This Czech poster book contains much that is fresh and surprising, but makes some odd omissions. Review by Ken Garland
The context for the work shown in this book is usefully established by the 70 photographs that form its endpapers, writes Ken Garland.
Books received #13
27 February 2015
Ligne B, Editorial Design, T: A Typology of T-Shirts, Greetings from Retro Design and The Type Taster
Here’s another round-up of some of the design-related titles piling up at Eye’s Shoreditch office.
Five strategies tabled in Eindhoven
27 October 2014
Van Abbemuseum throws new light on Jan van Toorn’s critical design practice
Homage exhibitions are inherently celebratory, writes Francisco Laranjo. However ‘Staging the Message: The Open Work of Jan van Toorn’, now at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands until 18 Jan 2015, offers a critical challenge to that tradition.