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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