Page 36 - Studio International - August 1966

Moscow kineticists

A note on Lev Nusberg In 1962 a number of Russian artists with interests in vists. Anthony Hill's article in that issue mentioned
appears on page 64 the constructive and kinetic fields formed themselves the existence of such a group, but little information
into a group under the leadership of Lev Nusberg. about their activities was available at the time.
The group, called 'Movement', has since held exhibi- The two items printed below are, first, a digest of
tions in Moscow and Prague and worked on several an article on the group, written by Dusan Konecny
public commissions in the Soviet Union. At present and published in Fine Arts No. 9, 1966, the organ of
they are completing a kinetic wall-structure and the Czechoslovak Association of Artists; second, a
ceiling for a stadium in Leningrad. statement by Lev Nusberg himself, which was
We had hoped to include mention of their work in published in the catalogue of the third Nouvelle
our April issue. devoted to Gabo and the constructi- Tendance exhibition held in Zagreb.

Lev Nusberg
Detail of a Kinetic object 1963
Metal and kapron fibre

Infante Arana Francisco Preparatory design for a moving luminous sphere 1963
Vladimir Galkin Detail of a Kinetic object 1964
40+ x 18+ in. Metal and kapron fibre
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