Thursday, December 1, 2011

Communist Utopia

The painting indicates communism because you see the gray, empty streets being watched through the eyes on the walls. Everything is everyone else's in communism, so nothing is really private. The painting represents communism as we see it; not the theoretical proposition of communism, but the actual results in practice.
The author disagrees with the concept of communism. He is obviously portraying it in a negative manner, so he does not feel it is the wonder thing that it is made out to be in theory. He views it like the majority of the people who have experienced communism do - with hatred.
The title at first seems to go hand in hand. The concept of communism is supposed to be perfect and represent a utopia. Once you look at the painting, however, you understand that wasn't what the author was going for. communism to the painter seems to be a bad thing, almost like a dystopia. The title becomes ironic.

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