Questions for blog:
1. What about this painting indicates communism?
2. What is the artist's view of communism?
3. Explain the title.
Answers:
1. The thing that strikes me as the most communist aspect of the painting is the abundance of eyes all around. They are there to represent how the government (or power) is always watching you, always able to call you out if you do something wrong. You're being monitored by it.
2. The artist seems to view communism as a bad thing, established immediately by the colors he used. Everything is painted with gray and black (except the eyes, of course). This shows that the artist views a world with communism as a dull, depressing one. He only paints the eyes with color, showing how the government is the only body within communism that benefits from it.
3. The title represents the idea that with the government in complete control, everything in life will be perfect (a utopia). It's sort of an ironic title, considering the artist's views communism as a bad thing. I think the title is supposed to be read sarcastically, because the artist really thinks that the world he painted is a communist dystopia.
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