Alexander Lavrentiev

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Russian b. 1954, Moscow, Russia^[1,2,3] active 1976–present

Alexander Lavrentiev is a Russian scholar, curator, and professor specialized in the history of design and photography. The grandson of the pioneering avant-garde artists Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova, he is a leading authority on their artistic legacy. He graduated from the Moscow Higher School of Art and Industry (Stroganov Academy) in 1976 and has served as a professor at the Stroganov Academy since 1994. His work involves the curation of the Rodchenko-Stepanova archives and extensive research into Russian Constructivism.^[1,4]

• Constructivism
• Russian Avant-Garde
• Archive Curation
• Design History
• Photography