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The Armory Show 2019
Mitchell Anderson
recurrence (Social Condenser), 2018-19Hand embroidery on cotton140 x 200 cm
55 1/8 x 78 3/4 inCopyright The ArtistDesign for unbuilt Russian housing apartments from 1928 centering around the idea of the social condenser proposed by the OSA group. This architecture sought to merge the ideas of the...Design for unbuilt Russian housing apartments from 1928 centering around the idea of the social condenser proposed by the OSA group. This architecture sought to merge the ideas of the 'fine arts' constructivists like Malevich and Lissitzky into the real world and create spaces of communal harmony. The idea was never realized because of the radical change of ideologies in the Soviet Union soon after.
