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The exhibition "Life of the NRA" has opened in the lecture hall of the Slovo Museum of Slavic Literature in Pavilion No. 58 at VDNKh. It explores Russian avant-garde artists' experiments in the graphic representation of text, their bold visual solutions in working with letters, words, and books.
The avant-garde brought many innovative ideas to the world of art—artists and poets, breaking with old conventions, strove to create new expressive forms. The exhibition "Life of the NRA" will explore how and why avant-garde artists incorporated letters and words into the world they depicted.
The central part of the exhibition features a section dedicated to the Futurist book. This multimedia exhibition, assembled from digital copies of books, explores the Futurists' work with letters and text. They didn't simply experiment with letter design and cover aesthetics; they created graphic images of texts that appeared as art objects on the page. Visitors will be able to browse these books on an interactive screen and view the originals in display cases.
The exhibition's graphic installations explore the main movements of the avant-garde, its renowned figures, and their experiments. For example, they explore how Velimir Khlebnikov created a "star language" based on word forms and understood by all peoples of the Earth, like the language of painting. Visitors can also learn how Alexey Kruchenykh devised a new transmental language, dubbed "zaum," which would serve as the basis for poetic works based on the principles of shiftology. Furthermore, visitors will learn how Vasily Kamensky conducted one of the most striking futurist experiments, filling a framework of geometric shapes with poetic texts in his "Reinforced Concrete Poems."
El Lissitzky's book "A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Buildings" was featured at the exhibition as material for a game, as well as a construction kit for children, which they can assemble to create their own book—an artistic object.
The exhibition will run until May 11, 2026. Admission is by ticket to the Slovo Museum.
Museum of Slavic Literature "Slovo" VDNKh is a museum and educational complex for children and adults, unique in Russia, a magnet for lovers of the Russian language and connoisseurs of architecture, culture, and history. Here you can learn about the development of writing in Russia and around the world, the role it plays in the lives of different peoples, and how it has intersected with spoken language over many centuries.
Holding events for VDNKh guests is in line with the objectives of the national project Tourism and Hospitality and is a key part of the VDNKh development strategy until 2030. More information about Russia's national projects and the capital's contribution can be found atspecial page.
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