Faces on an Icon (Pavel Filonov, 1940)
Note the date for this piece… it was painted at the height of Stalin’s repressions. If there is one emotion portrayed by this canvass, it is PAIN. Incidentally, Mr Filonov was to die of starvation in the siege of Leningrad the very next year. If one senses foreboding and a sense of imminent doom, I have no doubt that is there as well. This would be my choice for the work of art that is best suited to be a memorial for all who died in the repressions. Study it well… it shall reward you.
Art and Faith 
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