Tretyakov Art Gallery

About a block away from the Cathedral is the Tretyakov Art Gallery (again, I'm going to have to check the spelling on that). The artist Tretyakov is still living and is considered one of if not the greatest Russian artist of modern times. He is so respected that the government built this gallery just for his art. He is known for huge murals that depict Russia's place in history and the world today, especially what he considers the negative aspects of Western influence on Russia's culture (McDonald's, for example). I'm certainly no art critic, but I think one of our group's comments sum up Tretyakov's art very well: he is just mad at the world!