Lev V. Nussberg

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Lev Voldemarovich Nussberg ( Russian Лев Вольдемарович Нусберг ; * 1937 in Moscow , Russia ) is a Russian artist, architect and designer . He is considered the most important representative of Russian kinetic art .

life and work

Lev V. Nussberg was born in Moscow in 1937 to a German father and a Tatar mother. He studied architecture and design in Moscow .

In 1962 he founded the artist group " Dvizhenie " (" Movement "), to which the other kinetic artists Vladimir Akulinin , Boris Diodorov , Vladimir P. Galkin , Francisco A. Infanté , Anatolij Krivcikov , Georgij I. Lopakov , Rimma Sapgir-Janevskaja , Galina Bitt , Pavel Burdukov , Viktor V. Stephanov and Vladimir Scerbakov included. This group of artists permanently changed their forms of expression in an experimental way and existed until Nussberg's emigration in 1976. The group was known for provocative and non-systemic works of art and actions. She created numerous kinetic spectacles, films, architecture projects and theoretical systems.

Lev Nussberg's works were included in the concept of the 4th documenta in Kassel in 1968 , but the official Soviet authorities refused to deliver the works of art , so that they only appear as an official catalog entry. In 1977 Nussberg took part in documenta 6 in the drawing department.

Literature and Sources

  • Exhibition catalog for the IV. Documenta: IV. Documenta. International exhibition. Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture. Volume 2: Graphics / Objects. Kassel 1968.
  • Harald Kimpel, Karin Stengel: documenta IV 1968 International Exhibition - A photographic reconstruction. (= Series of publications of the documenta archive ). Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86108-524-9 .
  • Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1: Painting, sculpture / environment, performance; Volume 2: photography, film, video; Volume 3: Hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel 1977, ISBN 3-920453-00-X .
  • L. Nussberg, M. Ragon, P. Spielmann: Lew Nussberg and the group Movement Moscow 1962–1977. Museum Bochum - art collection; Bochum 1978, ISBN 3-8093-0033-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nussberg, Lev
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nusberg, Lev; Nussberg, Lev V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian kinetic, object and installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow