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Wikipedia: Naum Gabo - Article covering the artists life, Constructivism, his influence in Britain and his theory of art.
Naum Gabo - Art Forum article by Donald Kuspit February 2000. (Free registration required)
'Constructivist Head No. 1' 1915 - Example of a piece of work by the artist in the Staedel-Museum, Frankfurt.

Naum Gabo - Naum Gabo KBE (August 5 1890 - August 23 1977) was a prominent Russian sculptor in the Constructivism movement and a pioneer of Kinetic Art.
Antoine Pevsner - Antoine Pevsner (1886-1962) was a Russian sculptor and the younger brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. Along with his brother, Naum, he issued the Realist Manifesto in 1920.
Circle: An International Survey of Constructivist Art - Circle: An International Survey of Constructivist Art was an almost 300-page art book published in London in 1937. It was edited by the artists Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo and the architect Leslie Martin with the layout being designed by Barbara Hepworth.
Productivism (art) - Productivism was an art movement founded by a group of Constructivist artists in post-Revolutionary Russia who believed that art should have a practical, socially useful role as a facet of industrial production. The group formed to contradict Naum Gabo's assertion that Constructivism should be devoted to exploration of abstract space and rhythm.
Realistic Manifesto - The Realistic Manifesto, is a key text of Constructivism written by sculptor Naum Gabo and cosigned by his brother Antoine Pevsner. The manifesto laid out their theories about artistic expression.