In her article, the writer with painful clarity acknowledges the alarming state of the fine arts in the world today, outlining the philosophical and cultural challenges resulting from the loss of the image of Man, with man willfully fleeing from his own humanity, becoming a “reference” or “link” to him- or herself. And yet to remain within the confines of one's selfhood is now equal to being in hell. “Hell is the reluctance of man to forego his solitude”. Isolated within himself, a person becomes disconnected from community, or “atomized”. The writer exposes the anti-human character of certain modern works of art produced in Russia. She provides quotes from the writings of several Russian and foreign philosophers whose warnings about the loss of moral values in art are now beginning to be fulfilled