Aleksandr Rodchenko
Fire Escape, 1925/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
The Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1924/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Glass and Light, 1928/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Street, 1929/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Girl with Leica, 1934/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Diver, 1934/1994
Aleksandr Rodchenko
The Critic Osip Brik, 1924/1997
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Lily Brik, 1924/1997
30 April, 2019 - 31 July, 2019
Centro de Documentación de la Imagen de Santander (CDIS), Santander
Curated: Manuela Alonso
The exhibition "The Optical Thinker. Rodchenko. Museum Series Portfolios" offers a unique opportunity to learn about the career of this prominent member of the Russian avant-garde and to view some of his most iconic photographs. It spans a chronological period starting in 1924, the year in which he began to take photographs, until 1937, reflecting his technical and thematic evolution. Indeed, 1924 was the year in which he took the renowned portraits of his mother, the poet Mayakovsky, and various members of LEF (Left Front of the Arts). The show comprises almost all of the photographs (41) from the two portfolios that were published in 1994 and 1997 under the supervision of Rodchenko’s daughter Varvara Rodchenko, his grandson Alexander Lavrentiev—a leading specialist in the photographer’s work—and the gallery owner Howard Schickler. The photographs were developed in Rodchenko’s laboratory from the original negatives. This is the first time that these two portfolios, owned by the Lafuente Archive, have ever been exhibited.