Entries Tagged as ‘Nineteenth Century’

October 8, 2008

Notes on From Russia – Royal Academy – Spring 2008

Huge variety of styles on show, but drawing plenty of influences from Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and other schools of the late 19th century.
Strong conceptulisation of centre and periphry
Russia as part of a tradition of European painting, excising its Soviet blip. An exhibition was a strong contemporary resonance
But using Malevich as an end-point – sudden minimalism [...]