title: Channeling the past: the mobilization of tradition and politics in Ivan Leonidov's 'Utopian Constructivism'
abstract: The work of Ivan Leonidov, a talented graduate of the Vkhutemas School, was met with much enthusiasm both from fellow practitioners and the wider public in espousing the possibilities and dynamism of the new Soviet state. Although it hasn't been explored widely in an academic context, the work of Leonidov is deeply rooted in traditional Russian art and architecture and thereby carrying with it, the weight of subconscious and abstract recognition in the people of the traditional past. When presen
journal: NOVA (University of Newcastle, Australia)