Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Margy Kinmonth, Revolution: New Art for a
New World is a bold and exciting feature documentary that encapsulates a
momentous period in the history of Russia and the Russian Avant-Garde.
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. Yet these remarkable artworks survived
and the Russian Avant-Garde continues to exert an influence over
contemporary art movements. Revolution: New Art for a New World confirms
this; exploring the fascination that these colourful paintings,
inventive sculptures...