Neo-primitivism

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Neo-primitivism was a Russian art movement which took its name from the book Neo-primitivizm (1913), by Aleksandr Shevchenko. In the book Shevchenko proposes a new style of modern painting which fuses elements of Cézanne, Cubism and Futurism with traditional Russian 'folk art' conventions and motifs, notably the russian icon and the lubok.

Neo-primitivism in the West is also used as a wider term to describe the work of artists who aspire to the aesthetic of primitivism.

[edit] Neo-primitive artists

Russian artists associated with Neo-primitivism include:

• David Burlyuk
• Marc Chagall
• Pavel Filonov
• Natalia Goncharova
• Michel Larionov
• Kasimir Malevich
• Aleksandr Shevchenko
• Igor Stravinsky

Neo-primitivism is also a political/social movement associated with the philosopher John Zirzin.