Eager to distance themselves from their imperialist past and embody the new ideals of the Soviet state, the architects of Communist Russia created avant-garde structures with a social purpose. Through July 9, the exhibition “Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935” at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin combines vintage photographs, period artwork and current images to explore the Constructivist movement that rose out of the Russian Revolution.
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