Yakov Chernikhov Rosenberg and Co. Gallery

Currents of Modernism | Yakov Chernikhov (1889–1951), creating some 17,000 drawings throughout his life, remains one of the most prolific Ukranian artists and architects working in the Russian empire during the modernist period. Although often neglected in modernist histories, Ukrainian art flourished alongside more canonized art centers during the interwar years. Propelled by relaxed censorship following the 1905 Revolution and important exhibitions such as Kyiv's Lanka (1908), Ukrainian modernism in many ways predated Western Europe's widespread acceptance of the avant-garde following World War I.

Born in Pavlograd, Ukraine, Chernikhov studied at the Odesa Arts Institute under Kiriak Kostandi and Genradii Ladyzhensky, later continuing his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. It was there that Chernikhov developed a deep fascination with avant-garde movements such as Futurism, Constructivism, and Suprematism, which would influence his approach to both architecture and art. Born in Pavlograd, Ukraine, Chernikhov studied at the Odesa Arts Institute under Kiriak Kostandi and Genradii Ladyzhensky, later continuing his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. It was there that Chernikhov developed a deep fascination with avant-garde movements such as Futurism, Constructivism, and Suprematism, which would influence his approach to both architecture and art. Image : Yakov Chernikhov, Untitled (from the series Aristografiya), mid 1920s. Gouache and ink on paper

In 1925, after graduating, Chernikhov founded his Experimental Laboratory of Architectural Forms and Methods of Graphic Art, where he taught and mentored students as an "artist-architect." His philosophy championed creative freedom, experimental design, and independent thinking – ideals that often put him at odds with the increasingly repressive Stalinist regime, which in 1934 officially declared socialist realism as the only acceptable art form.  image : Yakov Chernikhov, Untitled (from the series Aristografiya), mid 1920s. Gouache and ink on paper.

Works from Chernikhov's Aristografiya series, highlighted here, reflect the architect's theoretical approach to teaching. Chernikhov described his method as Eksprimatika, a rule for drawing based on symmetry, rhythm, construction, and color. Although many of his ideas were never realized in built form, Chernikhov's work remains a significant contribution to the proliferation of modernist ideals. image : Yakov Chernikhov, Untitled (from the series Aristografiya), mid 1920s. Gouache and ink on paper Yakov Chernikhov is on view through December 20 as part of the gallery's Currents of Modernism: Between Europe and America exhibition Rosenberg & Co.  19 East 66th Street New York, NY 10065 212 202 3270 Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. Rosenberg & Co. Gallery