Title: Talk by Prof John Milner on “A Changeling – Tatlin’s Image in Five Identities” and AGM
Location: Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street,
Cambridge CB2 1RF
Description: Professor John Milner of the Courtauld Institute of Art – a specialist in Russian Constructivism, will deliver a talk on Vladimir Tatlin: “A Changeling – Tatlin’s Image in Five Identities”.
Annual General Meeting accompanied with drinks and pies.
Vladimir Yevgraphovich Tatlin (Russian: Влади́мир Евгра́фович Та́тлин) (December 28 [O.S. December 16] 1885 – May 31, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter and architect. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Russian avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became an important artist in the Constructivist movement. He is most famous for his attempts to create the giant tower, The Monument to the Third International.
Followed by AGM and drinks reception
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2012-12-06
End Time: 21:00