Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1962
The Great Experiment: Russian Art, 1863-1922 by Camilla Gray

The first English-language book about the Russian avant-garde covers the Constructivist and Suprematist movements of the early twentieth-century. The book brought more attention to these movements, particularly outside of Russia, and made their techniques more commonly known. The book, therefore, was an important influence on the Minimalism movement with artists such as Flavin, Morris and Judd all referencing Tatlin, Rodchenko and/or Malevich in their careers.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Alexander Rodchenko, Camilla Gray, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Morris, Vladimir Tatlin
Movements
Constructivism, minimalism, Suprematism
Filed under
- Ideas
- Constructivism, minimalism, Russian avant-garde, Suprematism
- People
- Alexander Rodchenko, Camilla Gray, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Morris, Vladimir Tatlin
- Works
- The Great Experiment: Russian Art, 1863–1922
- Places
- Russia
- Other subjects
- Malevich
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