Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia!: Soviet Art Put to the Test

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Groundbreaking new insight into a rich spectrum of early Soviet art and its spaces of display Published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution this landmark book gathers information from the forefront of current research in early Soviet art providing a new understanding of where art was presented who saw it and how the images incorporated and conveyed Soviet values. More than 350 works are grouped into areas of critical importance for the production reception and circulation of early Soviet art: battlegrounds schools the press theaters homes and storefronts factories festivals and exhibitions. Paintings by El Lissitzky and Liubov Popova are joined by sculptures costumes and textiles decorative arts architectural models books magazines films and more. Also included are rare and important artifacts among them a selection of illustrated childrens notes by Joseph Stalins daughter Svetlana Allilueva as well as reproductions of key exhibition spaces such as the legendary Obmokhu (Constructivist) exhibition in 1921; Aleksandr Rodchenkos Workers Club in 1925; and a Radio-Orator kiosk for live projected and printed propaganda designed by Gustav Klutsis in 1922. Bountifully illustrated this book offers an unprecedented cross-disciplinary analysis of two momentous decades of Soviet visual culture. Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition Schedule: V-A-C Foundation Venice (05/13/1708/25/17) The Art Institute of Chicago (10/29/1701/14/18)