European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The works Are of great interest to Art historians As Well As the general Public. Rediscovering a taut Naum Gabo s Quot constructive head no. 2.&Quot by de Reavis staff writer the current Avant Garde Art show at the Schirn museum in Frankfurt Germany is a grand coup. After four years of intensive investigation and research the museum is presenting the great Utopia a the russian Avant Garde 1915 to 1932 until May 10. An International team of experts from Germany the United states and Russia has gathered More than 800 pieces of work from the archives and files of the a Tretyakov gallery in Moscow the russian museum in St. Petersburg the Guggenheim museum in new York and the Schirn s own collection. Some of the works had been in storage in Russia for nearly 60 years. Researchers were not even aware of some pieces they discovered while looking for others and were so impressed with what Thev saw that the discoveries were eventually included in this show. The Schirn helped pay to have several of the damaged works restored. As important As the show is for the Art historians and experts its attraction for the Layman would seem less because of the Lack of sensational pieces. But attendance at the exhibit thus far has proved otherwise thousands have been flocking to the exhibit. The exhibit includes works of sculpture painting graphics architecture theater Art photography and handicrafts. It traces the movement of Avant Garde Art from the Periphery of russian culture to its Center during the first and glorious Days of the russian revolution to the time when the government under Josef Stalin lowered the Hammer on All free artistic Endeavor. The exhibit begins in 1915, the year of the last futuristic exhibition 0.10 in St. Petersburg. This was the period when cubism was fading and the first supremacist paintings by Casimir Malevich began appearing. Among his works were the spectacular Black Square which is now in the Possession of the Tretyakov gallery and was part of the show. The supremacists non objective Art was an intentional departure from the representational world. The pure idea and feeling expressed through abstract Geometric form was to replace the narration and illusion produced by traditional Art. Works by artist such As Ivan Klykun Nikolai Suetin Ivan Puni and Olga Rozanov and Ilya Chashnik All painters in the Malevich style Are included in the exhibit. Another school of the russian Avant Garde represented in the show Are the constructivists a artists who emphasized the spatial qualities of Art. They experimented with various materials colors and shapes As Well As Bas Relief constructions. The main representatives of this school were Vladimir Tallin Naum Gabo Constantine med Nezki and the Stenberg Brothers Valdimir and Georgi. During the euphoric phase of the october revolution and the Early agitprop the program of agitation propaganda for the revolution there was a great number of Supre Matistic and construct Vistic designs for theatrical stage sets posters and advertisements of All kinds and propaganda constructions. Young artist groups parallel to the bauhaus movement in Germany flourished. Artist such Asel Lisitzky lev Judin Wassily Kandinsky Alexandra Ekster Lyubov Popova Alexander Rudchenko Varvara Stepanova and Alexander Vesnin and others belonged to or led such groups. Butin 1932 Stalin and his henchmen decided there was too much Freedom for the arts and that Quot social realism Quot was the Only legitimate Art form in a socialist society. The death Knell tolled not Only for the works but also for the artists themselves. Many of them were forced into exile or  some of their Art survived and now that the soviet Union no longer exists it is once again being put on display for the world to see. The Schirn Kun Thalle is on the a Omerberg Frankfurt a ,un9, j1 Opan 2-6 . Monday 10 . To 10 . Tuesday through Friday a to 1 . On saturdays sundays and holidays. Admission la s Marka i $5.60 on weekdays 7 Marks on sundays. The Catalon Tor this exhibit i Cosu Marks. Among the works clockwise bom above Quot rebellion Quot by Klement Redko Quot in Grey Quot by Wassily Kandinsky a sculpture by Vladimir Tatlin