Art and Faith

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Pavel Filonov. The Feast of Kings. 1913

Filed under: Russian, avant-garde, early modern, fine art, human study, religious — 01varvara @ 1330

The Feast of Kings (Pavel Filonov, 1913)

This appears, for all the world, just like an avant-garde Last Supper. The figure on the extreme right could be a Christ-figure, as the figure crouching under the table could be a Judas. The three figures at the upper left have their arms crossed over their chests as though they were receiving Orthodox communion. See the main seated figure, he is holding a chalice. Note well the fish on the table, as a fish is an ancient symbol for Christianity. In short, a spiritual (one does not know whether to call it religious or not) painting done in a very modern idiom. 

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