Construction in White (Robots)

Rochenko's artistic output shows a wide variety of styles throughout his career. Particularly in the Constructivist period, his new morphological language was changing rapidly. His works included in the Kostakis Collection reflect this expressive diversity. This work is one of the most important works in the Kostakis Collection, as Rochenko's work combines analytical cubism with constructivism and demonstrates the artist's genius for combining the geometricization of form with its reconstruction. Rochenko presents a couple, the modern Adam and Eve, who are composed of triangles, rectangles, circles and lines, while it is implied that in the belly of the female form there is also a new life, a new energy is gestating. The forms are presented archetypically. The male figure is taller than the female and leans protectively towards the female, while the female figure, although smaller in size, appears more powerful, perhaps even aggressive, as she raises her right hand, in which she holds something sharp. The male figure is also seen holding something resembling a club in his right hand. The second title of the work, Robot, probably validates the above comments, as it indicates the mechanical relationship, contact and communication between the sexes.