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Title of the article: |
EXPRESSIONIST TRADITIONS IN THE WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF RUSSIA AND FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC |
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Author(s): |
Ella A. Radaeva |
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Information about the author/authors |
Ella A. Radaeva — DSc in Culturology, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, The Department of Russian and Foreign Literature and Methods of Teaching Literature. Samara State Social and Pedagogical University, M. Gorky St. 65/67, 443099 Samara, Russia. |
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Section |
History of Arts |
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Year |
2023 |
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Volume |
Vol. 68 |
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Pages |
pp. 284–299 |
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Received |
December 22, 2021 |
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Approved after reviewing |
September, 09, 2022 |
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Date of publication |
June 28, 2023 |
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DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2023-68-284-299 |
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Index UDK |
130.2 |
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Index BBK |
85.1. |
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Abstract |
The paper analyzes the influence of the expressionist method on the painting of contemporary artists in Russia, as well as (to a greater or lesser extent) Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan. The exhibitions of recent years, thematic publics on art (on social networks) came to be the study`s initial material, then we are talking selectively about the work of individual authors. The research allowed for concluding: in modern fine arts, expressionism is distinguished by its unconditional “vitality” and the ability to assimilate with new trends; the “handwriting” of modern “expressionists” is characterized by the constant absence of chiaroscuro, often — the pretentiousness of the color scale; the theme of the spirit stifling in the gripe of the City, and the spirit of protest, pouring out into feminism or rejection of civilization (bourgeois / market), sometimes — aestheticization of the ugly, motifs of death and decay, sometimes — primitivism, childishness, gravitation towards the poster technique. However, today we are dealing with a “softened” version of expressionism: not always a pessimistic view of the artist's world, not always based on a pronounced rebellious beginning. |
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Keywords |
Expressionism, Contemporary Painting, Artists of Russia, Artists of the Former Soviet Republics. |
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References |
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