El Lissitzky Remains an Enigma Despite His Fame. A Prolific Painter, Graphic Designer, Architect, and Photographer, He Worked with the Soviet and European Artistic Avant-Gardes in the 1920s and as a Propagandist for the Stalinist Regime in the Following Decade. Situating El Lissitzky Reassesses Lissitzky's Complex Career, Creating a Kaleidoscopic Portrait of an Artist Seeking to Reconcile Radical Aesthetics with Political Expedience.