Bytheway - Pedagogická fakulta MU - Masarykova univerzita

Y ALEXANDER BOBKIN
BEHIND THE VISIBLE IMAGE
A human being is, by nature, a traveller, always searching for new horizons. An artist is pre-eminently a traveller, ceaselessly
searching for something new. The Russian avant-garde movement emerged in the early part of the 20th century seeking new
artistic forms. Not satisfi ed with identical representations of visible reality, they created their own forms with their own reality.
Alexander Bobkin shared this view. His confl ict with the academy style in which he was trained was its lack of wanderlust. The
static, academic style, however technically perfect it may be, was too preoccupied with visible reality. This journey is not spiritual
and, for Bobkin, not interesting. He had no interest in external reality, but rather internal similitude: What you paint is not important;
the mental reality behind it is what bestows life on a work of art. This is the journey of Alexander Bobkin, a journey into the bidden
reality behind the visible image.
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