Revolution: New Art for a New World

The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on

3/8/20171h 25min7.5/10(6 TMDB votes)

Documentary

Directed by Margy Kinmonth

Plot

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.