Contemporary re-imaginings of the work of Gustave Klutsis address political melancholy and retreat
After Gustav Klutsis
Knulp Gallery
28/5 - 14/6 2021
Photos by alexgawronski.com
Knulp Gallery
28/5 - 14/6 2021
Photos by alexgawronski.com
![Proposed poster for Faceless Burial release Speciation after Gustav Klutsis, 2021, digital print](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12910d8c6f21e0fa6c7f0512af4703f632dc1bce7364d311b7ffd4ce559ab5db/Faceless.jpg)
![Public structure after Gustav Klutsis Design for Loudspeaker Number 5, 2021 speaker, wood, paint and mixed media](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ac160365daede2c8460a44413025c0a80050ab20f97a57bc038673eaf206249/Stuart-Bailey-KNULP-5.jpg)
![Proposed poster for Contaminated gig with Girth and Maggot Cave, after Gustav Klutsis, 2021, digital print](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58ad9862738717b80823cbecda5aebda177084bf047d9f1ecf92e843a827211c/Contaminated.jpg)
![Public structure after Gustav Klutsis Design for Loudspeaker Number 5, 2021 speaker, wood, paint and mixed media](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8381a8608d9e5006df568a359f2637e5932b81058d2b8c8e882b333637cce69c/Stuart-Bailey-KNULP-15.jpg)
![After Gustav Klutsis, installation view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6763631e582566bf1fed74973a5dd41bc313c1ac83bb28d45d84d417415c9720/Stuart-Bailey-KNULP-1.jpg)
![Proposed poster for Damaged release Passive Backseat Demon Engines after Gustav Klutsis, 2021 digital print](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d550b3b6cd9602d4de4fe9e7c3d812a4261171f58317fb303277d8fee71e6e4/damaged_final_flat.jpg)
![After Gustav Klutsis, installation view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32a4815a75c4553ee75a56f65de2085cad3589b5191b32a0d3a316d1971ca9ab/Stuart-Bailey-KNULP-3.jpg)
Digital prints and sculpture create idiosyncratic narratives that meld the near-utopian imagery of
revolutionary Russia with contemporary political and subcultural signifiers.
Klutsis’ kiosk, designed to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Revolution,
is re-imagined as a neglected piece of public sculpture. It’s purpose has been
forgotten, it is plagued by graffiti, and it plays right-wing talkback radio
through its speaker. In a similar vein the artists agitprop posters have been
re-designed in the subcultural style of Death Metal and Grindcore music. The original
avant-garde design aimed at the masses now in the service of an impassioned yet
entrenched esoteric subculture.