Filonov’s works on display at Kumu include the significant paintings Feast of Kings and Formula of Spring, as well as works from the series Formulae and Heads. A general context is created with the works of the Russian avant-garde masters Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky and Natalia Goncharova, which are supplemented by the paintings of several other interesting artists, such as David Burliuk, Mikhail Matyushin and Pavel Filonov’s pupils. As a contrast to experimental art, works that are part of the anti-innovation canon of social realism will be on display.
Photography: Stanislav Stepaško