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• Nominated for Robert Motherwell Book Award 2017

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Those familiar with twentieth century Russian history will read Catherine Walworth's Soviet Salvage feeling the pendulum about to swing like a wrecking ball against the arts. -Samuel Scheib, Russian Life Perhaps the most salient feature of Russian Constructivism is that its universal reputation rests not upon what it produced, but rather upon its unfulfilled intentions, dreams, blueprints, and prototypes. Drawing on rare bibliographical and archival sources and moving across film, photography, fashion, and other media, Catherine Walworth describes the `sweet nothings' of the Constructivists by emphasizing their reliance on the `salvage' of throwaway objects, built-in obsolescence, chance, and art trouve. In this way she brings to bear an alternative and refreshing light upon the later phase of the Russian avant-garde, offering us a truly synthetic and interdisciplinary assessment. -John E. Bowlt, author of Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism, 1902-1934 This is an important multi-disciplinary publication and should be in any library with readers interested in film, fashion, and ceramics, as well as early Soviet history and culture. -Stephen J. Bury, ARLIS/NA Reviews A fascinating and beautifully illustrated cultural history of the artists who made it their business to recycle the rubble of one world into the everyday items of a new one. . . . This book remains a fascinating testament to the achievements these artists left behind. -Rodney Welch, Columbia Free Times

This book is informative, full of well-chosen imagery, and ultimately inspiring too. --Michael Mosher, Leonardo Reviews Those familiar with twentieth century Russian history will read Catherine Walworth's Soviet Salvage feeling the pendulum about to swing like a wrecking ball against the arts. --Samuel Scheib, Russian Life Perhaps the most salient feature of Russian Constructivism is that its universal reputation rests not upon what it produced, but rather upon its unfulfilled intentions, dreams, blueprints, and prototypes. Drawing on rare bibliographical and archival sources and moving across film, photography, fashion, and other media, Catherine Walworth describes the 'sweet nothings' of the Constructivists by emphasizing their reliance on the 'salvage' of throwaway objects, built-in obsolescence, chance, and art trouv . In this way she brings to bear an alternative and refreshing light upon the later phase of the Russian avant-garde, offering us a truly synthetic and interdisciplinary assessment. --John E. Bowlt, author of Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism, 1902-1934 This is an important multi-disciplinary publication and should be in any library with readers interested in film, fashion, and ceramics, as well as early Soviet history and culture. --Stephen J. Bury, ARLIS/NA Reviews A fascinating and beautifully illustrated cultural history of the artists who made it their business to recycle the rubble of one world into the everyday items of a new one. . . . This book remains a fascinating testament to the achievements these artists left behind. --Rodney Welch, Columbia Free Times

This book is informative, full of well-chosen imagery, and ultimately inspiring too. --Michael Mosher, Leonardo Reviews Those familiar with twentieth century Russian history will read Catherine Walworth's Soviet Salvage feeling the pendulum about to swing like a wrecking ball against the arts. --Samuel Scheib, Russian Life This is an important multi-disciplinary publication and should be in any library with readers interested in film, fashion, and ceramics, as well as early Soviet history and culture. --Stephen J. Bury, ARLIS/NA Reviews A fascinating and beautifully illustrated cultural history of the artists who made it their business to recycle the rubble of one world into the everyday items of a new one. . . . This book remains a fascinating testament to the achievements these artists left behind. --Rodney Welch, Columbia Free Times Perhaps the most salient feature of Russian Constructivism is that its universal reputation rests not upon what it produced, but rather upon its unfulfilled intentions, dreams, blueprints, and prototypes. Drawing on rare bibliographical and archival sources and moving across film, photography, fashion, and other media, Catherine Walworth describes the 'sweet nothings' of the Constructivists by emphasizing their reliance on the 'salvage' of throwaway objects, built-in obsolescence, chance, and art trouv . In this way she brings to bear an alternative and refreshing light upon the later phase of the Russian avant-garde, offering us a truly synthetic and interdisciplinary assessment. --John E. Bowlt, author of Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism, 1902-1934

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Catherine Walworth is Curator at the Columbia Museum of Art and co-author of Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk.

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