Much of it depends on taste, but it was great to get to see original works of art and have our knowledgable teacher there to explain them.
Here are some originals we got to see last art class:
This painting makes much more sense after our art teacher explained it to us. It looks like a red square and that's what it is. You kind of have to think yourself in a circle to appreaciate it.
This is another Malevich. It attempts to present more patriotic and pro-revoltionary subject matter. During the revolution it became difficult for artists to represent themselves freely and this painting attempts to unite abstract contemporary art with a political movement. I think the two aren't exactly BFF's.
This next work was done by Pavel Filonov, our art teachers favourite Russian artist. He also painted during revolutionary times and his patriotic desire to avoid selling works for private collections left him quite literally as a "starving artist." I appreciate the detail in his work, and if I had the money to buy art, I would probably make my own red square, and buy a Filonov if possible instead.
It reminds me of a dream I had once maybe. Hard to see the details in this internet reproduction: the colours and shapes of the flowers were much more vivid.
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