Sunday, December 4, 2011

Opener- "Communist Utopia"

What about this painting indicates communism?

There are eyeballs everywhere in the picture, so the people are always being watched. And when people are being watched, they can be more easily controlled, as in communism.

What is the artist's view of communism?

The artist views communism as negative and bad. Everything in the painting is cloudy and grey, and there's a lot of dead trees. These set a sad, oppressed mood that the artist is trying to portray communism as. He's saying that communism is uniform and dull and dark, like the background of this painting.

Explain the title.

The artist isn't saying that it is a utopia because it is a communism; he's saying that it is a utopia to a communist. A communist would view this world as a perfect one, at least in the artist's opinion. This is because, in the thinking of communism, a society where everyone can be controlled is the perfect society.

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