I studied AS Level art and craft last winter and my second area of study was in looking at Soviet Art through the Communist period!As I have not had my result yet my work is still with the college where I studied!
.... So I am having to repaint the three painting ... the above piece being the first piece of work is taking shape and is called "The Arrival of Communism to Kiev".
The painting has taken aspects from 4 quite contrasting paintings by Russian Artist Boris Kustodiev. He painted pictures of people and his Bolshivik which forms the striking image that dominates the painting contrasts with the church procession type paintings he was painting prior to the Revolution (see foreground figures) and the industrial disputes after the revolution see background!
Above again is a contrasting 1905 painting by Kustodiev which gives a stark contrast to the painting of the Bolshevik! (1920)
Much of the the Socialist Realist art was of either every day leisure scenes or of the workplace as this piece by Alexander Deyenka portrays, Donbass 1947.
With the growing oppression of the system the painting style
All three paintings were set against the backdrop of the Rainbow in Kiev to give the paintings a sense of place.
I also came across painting by Moldovian artist MLarinov and his 1911 portrayal of a Boulavard Tiraspol
Tiraspol is now the main city of the breakaway state of Triennistra which is where the the two orphanages are located and has more communist links than most other places with the old communist figures and symbols abounding the city.
So the contrasts and framework for where I carry out the artwork are stark!
Much of the the Socialist Realist art was of either every day leisure scenes or of the workplace as this piece by Alexander Deyenka portrays, Donbass 1947.
With the growing oppression of the system the painting style
changed from being warm and colourful to very bland and
harsh and came known as the severe style
Tahir Salovs 1960 painting opposite is good example.
In my second painting I tried to bring out the changing mood
and is the piece is called "Towards Socialist Man and Woman".
My third painting was called beyond Commmunism and I both used people I had seen and photographed during my visit to Kiev in 2007
My third painting was called beyond Commmunism and I both used people I had seen and photographed during my visit to Kiev in 2007
left a lady selling honey brought in from the country and above men knock off from work.
I was also very much influenced by contemporay surrealist artist Anastaysia Marchovich and incorporated ideas from her work into my final piece which was entitled "Beyond Communism".
I was also very much influenced by contemporay surrealist artist Anastaysia Marchovich and incorporated ideas from her work into my final piece which was entitled "Beyond Communism".
All three paintings were set against the backdrop of the Rainbow in Kiev to give the paintings a sense of place.
Where will the paintings go from here as I spend time in Moldova?
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