Alexander Rodchenko. Original Photomontage “… to die is not new” for “To Sergei Esenin”, a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1926
Posted May 1, 2010 at 9:22am in Alexander Rodchenko Photomontage Russia Vladimir Mayakovsky design Russian avant-garde
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Amadeo Modigliani drawing of Anna Akhmatova circa 1911
Modigliani in a letter to Akhmatova once wrote: ‘Vous êtes en moi comme une hantise’ (you are obsessively part of me)
Варежка aka Mitten (dir. Roman Kachanov, 1967)
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I want a dog,
To walk in the park
When it gets dark, my dog will bark
At any passers-by
Oh, (oh oh) you can get lonely
I want a dog
“I Want a Dog” Pet Shop Boys
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (dir. Norman Jewison, 1966)
One of my favourite films when growing up. Alan Arkin is brilliantly funny and on the nose. The trailer is genius too.
Everything passes away, suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will still remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the earth. There is no man who does not know this. Why then do we not turn our eyes to the stars? Why?
— The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov
Caricatures by the brothers Nikolai and Sergei Legat from their celebrated book “The Russian Ballet in Caricatures” (circa 1902-1905)
Posted December 15, 2009 at 5:48pm in ballet russia book drawing Sergei Legat Nikolai Legat design history
