Constructivism Making A Comeback?

[HatSoup]

Are the art movements of Russian Constructivism, Suprematism and DADA making a comeback?

If you don't know what I'm talking about, look at these wiki articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprematism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art)


For an example, look at all the Kandinsky prints available at allposters.com

http://www.allposters.com/-st/Wassily-Kandinsky-Posters_c25627_.htm

I also noticed constuctivism figuring prominently in recent music videos such as those by Beck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIBw-lbxtT4

and Franz Ferdinand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAxKmj1i3w

 

[Salv]

I'm fascinated by Suprematist ceramics, which I think show a clear influence on some of the more avant garde British Art Deco ceramics, especially those produced by Shelley in the 1930s. There also seems to be a flow of ideas back the other way, from Britain to the Soviet Union.

There's a brief introductory article here.

And some examples here.

Here's a plate from 1922 or '23 by Nikolai Suetin:

And here's a teacup, saucer and side plate by Shelley from the early 1930s - the blocks of colour, and the shape of the cup with it's solid triangular handle, seem to me to be heavily influenced by Suprematist rules:

But, here's a tea service by Nikolai Suetin from 1932:

...and here's part of a tea set by British designer Susie Cooper, for Grays in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, from 1928:

I'd love to know if this apparent flow of ideas between the UK and the Soviet Union was real, or if I've just imagined it. I really don't know enough about Russia between the two world wars to know if ceramics, and ceramics artists, travelled into and out of the country, but I like the thought of Nikolai Suetin getting his hands on some china from Hanley and being inspired by it.

 

[HatSoup]

Those look really cool.