Russian Avant-garde art

14 Feb-14 May 2006. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum hosts this extensive exhibition of avant-garde art from the turbulent early decades of 20th century Russia. Divided into five sections the exhibition features a wide selection of works from painting and sculpture to photography, graphic design and the applied arts. The first section entitled The Lesson of the Barbarians covers the period 1907-1912 and includes brilliantly coloured neo-primitive works by Kandinsky and Jawlensky. A Whirl of Energy is the title of Section II, which presents a summary of Russian Cubo-Futurism and features the works of Larionov and Goncharova in the period 1912-1917. Sections III entitled Individual Experiments includes works by Chagall, and Section IV, The Organic Model with Matiushin and the Enders and the back-to-nature movement, covers the period 1912-1930. The Fundacin Caja Madrid, in nearby Plaza de San Martn, houses the fifth and largest section of the exhibition: The Construction of the New Man. This section examines the dialectic between the avant-garde artists and the social and political upheavals that followed the Revolution. Admission to the Caja Madrid is free. Tues-Sun 10.00-20.00. Admission to the Thyssen-Bornemisza exhibition 5 concessions 3.50 Under 12s free. Tues-Sun 10.00-19.00.