Mayakovsky: Man or Myth? The Mayakovsky Centennial 1893 – 1993 

Mayakovsky was the centeral figure of the Russian Futurist movement and the premier artistic voice of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. According to Russian-American critic Marc Slonim, Mayakovksy was among the most read poets in the Soviet Union; between 1917 and 1954, his works sold more than 23 million copies in Russian and in 51 languages of the U.S.S.R. Mayakovsky has alos had a large impact on world literature and has been translated into more than a hundred foreign languages.

The centennial commeroration “Mayakosky: Man or Myth” at the Lehman College Art Gallery features photographs of the late poet by Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko.