The Process of Formation of the Artistic Elite. Theoretical and Ideological Searchings by the Example of S.B. Nikritin’s Life and Work
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6355-2018-5-9-17
Abstract
In the article an attempt is made to study the formation of S.B. Nikritin as an artist and art theorist, whose life shows both the enthusiasm and tragedy of the epoch since Revolution 1917. The research is based on the materials from Manuscripts Department of the Tretyakov Gallery Archive and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts. Nikritin was a left-wing artist,at least as he was a socialist theory supporter. However, Nikritin could not but resist dogmatism, that gradually fettered artistic life since the early 1920s. All his professional life was focused on the idea of a new art special way. His childhood was connected with the traditional culture of Jewish shtetls, in which socialistic ideas actively penetrated. Being a student of such masters as A. Ekster, as well as his acquaintance with M. Gorky and A. Lunacharsky brought Nikritin to VHUTEMAS - the higher art school, where professors were innovators. However, S.B. Nikritin was not ready to settle upon the theories proposed there, since his generation of artists believed they had a mission - to develop art for a new society.
About the Author
Julia Philina
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
student
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Philina J. The Process of Formation of the Artistic Elite. Theoretical and Ideological Searchings by the Example of S.B. Nikritin’s Life and Work. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2018;(5):9-17. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6355-2018-5-9-17
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