The_emergence_of_Russian_futurist_books Universal_War
destruction of gardens, collage #6 of universal war, 1916
kruchenykh had been member of gileia group in moscow had published slap in face of public taste, manifesto/provocation, succès de scandale helped establish futurism in russia. left gileia in 1912 join rival donkey s tail group. each of members collaborate kruchenykh on next 3 artist s books; game in hell, worldbackwards , old-time love. these 3 publications set tone radical deconstruction of book format:
if kruchenykh had consciously set out dismantle (nowadays might deconstruct ) legacy of johannes gutenberg, unlikely have done more completely....in series of remarkable book works of 1912 1920, kruchenykh , collaborators challenged legacy in unprecedentedly complete way, step-by-step departing our european expectations twentieth century book should be, gerald janecek
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