Contemporary Russian Art

Russian Art in Soviet Times

Characteristic Features:

• Forcing Soviet ideology upon artists

• Suppressing any artistic individuality

• No differences among artistic styles

• No artistic merit

Contemporary Art

Charcteristic Features:

Uninhibited look at the world

Emphasis on individual authorship

Concerned with supreme idea

Iconography features Tendency towards

mysticism

Sasha Bassari

Portrays divine souls Conveys the idea of unity

throughout the universe His style is gentle

surrealism

“Watchers”

“A Cat in a Hat”

“The Flight”

“The Angel”

Andrey Remnev

Copied the best samples of old Russian paintings

His works present a combination of methods of the Russian medieval icon painting, the 18th century Russian painting and the Russian constructivism

“Bagatelle”

“Metamorphosis”“Migration”

Vasya Lozhkin

Has no artistic education Works in primitive style Became popular via the

Internet Famous for portraying

old women and cats

“Non-alcoholic Vodka”

“Danko. This Is All I Have.”

“An Old Woman with a Pushcart is Going to Petrograd to Look at the Elephant”

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