Kestner Portfolio Proun, Rob. Levnis and Chapman GmbH Hannover #4
1923
El Lissitzky called his wild, floating geometric compositions "Prouns," an acronym for "Project for the Affirmation of the New." In this striking 1923 piece, sharp triangles and heavy rectangular blocks seem to defy gravity, tumbling and intersecting against a textured, speckled grey background. It looks less like a traditional painting and more like an architect's blueprint for a building in a zero-gravity world. These abstract designs were meant to bridge the gap between painting and architecture, completely reshaping how people thought about space and art in the early Soviet era.
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