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Visionary Art
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- 1Nicolas KalmakoffAffluent
Grossly Underknown
lots of different cultural references
anticipates visionary art postwar
portrays women as sexually irresistable and unclean - 2—Nicolas Kalmakoff, Satan, 1923, Charcoal
- 3Skoptsyascetic secret society
reject genetalia
no breasts
male castration - 4—Nicolas Kalmakoff, The Women of Nadjis, 1923, Pastel
- 5The Women of the Nadjis, Nicolas Kalmakoff, 1923, Pastelnadjis-spirirtually unclean
horror vacui- art that fears empty space
bright colors
elongated forms
expressive line
iconography cant be connected to anything
misogyny, sexual anxiety - 6—The Victim, Nicolas Kalmakoff, 1925
- 7—prime example of his misogyny
androgynous male as Christ
Crucified on the femme fatale - 8—Nicolas Kalmakoff, Stage Design: The Serpentine Crypt, 1910, Gouache on card
obsession with satan
- 9—Nicolas Kalmakoff, Costume Design: Salome, 1908 Gouache on card
- 10—Heavenly Wrath, Nicolas Kalmakoff, 1915, Lithograph
fundraising piece
- 11—Wrath of War, Nicolas Kalmakoff, 1917
soldiers and weapons take on demonic forms
- 12—Nicolas Kalmakoff, Household Ghosts, 1927, oil on canvas
- 13Household Ghsotspirits derived from gaki
gaki=personification of hunger
could avoid being reborn as one through asceticism - 14—
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- Constantly references that which is not human, this isn't just about showcasing the art, part of the art is spiritual
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- Brooklyn Gillette
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