Crowd

Mediums: oil, graphite, canvas.
Location: The Tate Modern Gallery, London (the UK).

Among all adherents of Vorticism, Lewis was most interested in the theme of the modern metropolis and the instinctive behaviour of people in the crowd. In the painting, red stick-like figures are depicted in groups around the whole composition; two of them have a red flag, while the third group has a tricolour. Perhaps the author implied the existence of opposing political factions. The general composition tells about how people become standardized, how they are suppressed by powerful cars and the entire massive architecture of the city. The association with the “army of ants”, as well as the richly aggressive colour schemes of the picture, led to the fact that it was also presented under the name “Revolution”.