Alexander Liberman was an artist with a huge past and unique view and way of thinking, which was full of artistic passion and which made people remember him throughout history. To understand more about this artist in the first lines of this blog, this quote from the Artnet, “known for his signature red steel sculptures and geometric paintings, in addition to his 30-year tenure at the helm of Condé Nast as its editorial director”, suits the best.
Alexander Liberman was born on September 4, 1912, in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1921 he left his home country which was part of the Soviet Union and settled in Paris, where he was studying and gaining precious experience and knowledge at the Sorbonne and the École des Beaux-Arts, focusing on philosophy and architecture. In New York he arrives in 1941, bringing in it a modern, protean approach, ideas, and feel of true beauty, combined with European delicacy and Soviet’s futuristic Constructivism. All that was a beautiful and unique mix of taste, which then was translated into the Vogue magazine, as this man was an art director in it too.
He was a graphic designer, but it did not stop him from being a sculptor, painter, architect. His artworks on the same scale made him recognizable in the world of art. “His minimalist paintings are often comprised of circular forms in primary colors and display his [experience and] knowledge of graphic design. Liberman’s industrial-sized sculptures are almost all in the same cherry-red color and intertwined geometric and organic forms.”, Kelly Koester in Galerie magazine.
I can state that I am deeply inspired by this man, but I think it also important to include the opinion of a former Design Director at Vogue and Vanity Fair, who had the same aftertaste of pure emotion and respect, “by [offering] graphic proof of the consistency of his vision, which married the iconoclasm of Russian Constructivism with old-world savoir-faire and American know-how. It is also a disciple’s affectionate tribute to an elusive master”, Vogue magazine.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Liberman
https://www.vogue.com/article/legendary-editorial-director-alexander-libermans-influence-endures