The article analyzes the system of theoretical views on the role of art in a communist society, as articulated in the newspaper "Art of the Commune," as well as the influence of specific historical circumstances on these views. It closely examines the texts of key theorists of the newspaper: N. Punin, O. Brik, and others. The history of the formation of the Department of Visual Arts of the People's Commissariat for Education and the development of its theoretical program, as well as the key concepts of this concept, are also traced. The subject of the study is the texts of the newspaper "Art of the Commune" and the concepts presented in them: "fragmented consciousness," "proletarian artist," "form-being." These concepts are considered in philosophical, political, and cultural contexts. The content of the texts of "Art of the Commune" represents a complex amalgamation of various trends and philosophical currents: Marxism, Nietzscheanism, early avant-garde aesthetic theories. The methodological basis of the research encompasses a specific-historical approach, the method of contextualization, cultural analysis, and a hermeneutic approach to text analysis. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the detailed study of the texts of the newspaper "Art of the Commune," as well as in the study of the context of the formation of the system of views articulated within them. For the first time, the texts of "Art of the Commune" are considered in their historical and cultural context, allowing for the reconstruction of their specific-historical content. The theory of the art of the commune is situated within the context of the politics of the Petrograd Soviet authorities and the policies of the People's Commissariat for Education. The theories, previously viewed in isolation from their historical genesis, now emerge as a reaction of the avant-garde artists working in the Department of Visual Arts to the political context: ideas of "world revolution," as well as the promotion of the concept of the commune as the foundation of a future communist society. The main conclusions of the conducted research are the inseparable connection between the views of avant-garde artists working at that time in the People's Commissariat for Education and the policies of the Soviet leadership, while maintaining their autonomy and their own artistic project.
Ivan Gennad'evich Kostin (Sun,) studied this question.