Gabo/Pevsner

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Naum Gabo born Naum Neema Pevsner in Russia in 1890. He adopted the name Gabo for his work in 1915. He died in Connecticut, USA, in 1977.

In 1920 Gabo wrote the Realistic Manifesto, an expression of the aims and philosophy behind his art, which was signed by Antoine and was posted on the streets of Moscow.  In 1922 Gabo left Russia for Berlin, to exhibit in the Erste Russische Kunstaustellung (The First Russian Art Exhibition) at Van Diemen Galerie.  He did not return to Russia until he visited his remaining family in 1962, but he did live and work in Berlin until 1932, making constructed sculptures and a number of architectural projects.


      Gabo, is in fact, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century, in my opinion.  His work transcended the original boundaries set by traditional sculpture, two dimensional art and The Futurists.

Linear Construction in Space No 2, 1949

"This new awakening of the arts is not merely a fashion but has its basis in the psychological, economic and social needs of the moment" ~ Gabo on constructive art.

Gabo uses glass, painted brass, steel and plastic on a black painted wooden base for his "Construction in Space" it looks like a piece of architecture.  It also has a strong sense of vertical movement and/or spacial imagination.