The Institutional Component in the Thinking and the First Reforms in Artistic Culture of Russian Avant-garde Artists

The paper aims to carry out a historical and cultural examination of the insufficiently studied social practice experience Russian avant-garde artists: their innovative activities leading towards radical institutional modernization artistic culture in early years Soviet power. An institution-and-system approach laid methodological groundwork for analysis since it is phenomenon institute that integrates regularizes various components culture: consciousness, subjects, practices relationships, strategic specific programs (goals, values methods), economic, ideological political conditions. reflects upon main paradigms directions restructuring systemic development creative role artists, short but fruitful collaboration with government. It started substantive coordination program Then this resumed artists’ work state management bodies, large-scale practical participation construction, which they tried combine pioneering notions art its role. V. Kandinsky, K. Malevich, A. Rodchenko, V.Tatlin, N. Punin were among ideologists leaders transformation program, many artists also took part implementation. These efforts resulted creating network institutions new type, formation implementation policy field culture, change principles forms organization functioning all aspects culture. author concludes tenure construction had significant impact on period. has fulfilled task drastic modernization, no analogues world, later, even face an artificially interrupted reform process, became resource future development.