Great russian artists and photographers to know

Jean-François from Paris asked:
I would be interested to get your point of view on great russian artists and photographers to know. I am also wondering how is the daily life for people, what are the things that people are interested about, wondering also how people are concerned about politic and the russian position with other countries.

Hello Jean-François! I mean bonjour.

I've already mentioned some of Russian artists on the blog.
Look: photographers, artists and some art.
Now I'd like to speak about another one.


Have you heard of Wassily Kandinsky?

Like Picasso, he started with very natural-looking images...


And then "went nuts" in his own amazingly vivid way:


He was sure that it's possible to avoid form and tell a story with free-splashed colors.

He wrote on composition, color, perception and creativity. I enjoy his logical and sensible way of thinking about art.

Wassily Kandinsky: Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Point and Line to Plane


As for other questions, I'll be brief.

How is the daily life for people?

It's not so unusual from European point of view. In a city, they run around and work, in a village, they try to survive. They marry, die, fall in love, make children and learn new things. And watch TV, most of they do.


What are the things that people are interested about?

With recent currency jumping mostly they are interested in earning more and spending more. Working, going on vacation, spending time with beloved ones, have fun. Really it's not that unusual.


How people are concerned about politic and the russian position with other countries.

Mostly people are disoriented and try to believe everything will magically get back to normal. And if they watch TV, they know it's gays, jews, europe, america, whatever - others are to blame for problems, not themselves. It's quite sad. Blaming others instead of making the world better. But it's so common now.


This post is an answer to one of The Listserve replies I’ve got.
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1 comment:

  1. Hi Elena,
    Thanks for taking some time to answer my wonderings ;)
    I know Kandinsky, but reading your words, i realised that i do not really know his work.
    So i will take some time to explore his world
    Listserv is magic
    Regards
    Jean-François

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