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PublisherHatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG
ISBN-10377571328X
ISBN-139783775713283
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038408657
Product Key Features
Book TitleDream Factory Communism : the Visual Culture of the Stalin Period
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEng,Ger
TopicRussian & Former Soviet Union, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorMax Hollein
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight92.8 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Preface byHollein, Max
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal709.4/7/0904
Grade ToUP
SynopsisEssays by Boris Groys, Oksana Bulgakova, Katya Djogot, Hans Gunter, Annette Michelson, Alexander Morosov and Martina Weinhart Introduction by Max Hollein., The all-encompassing mass culture of today is not an invention of the late 20th century. Contrary to what might be assumed, given the capitalist under- and over-tones of contemporary mass media, our visual culture has its roots in the totalitarian regimes of the 20s and 30s. Back then, the main venue for visual communication was the reproduction and circulation of pictures via posters and films. Fascism and communism made radical use of these new opportunities for the consistent transformation of culture, even to the point of co-opting such traditional media as painting and sculpture. The centrally organized Soviet mass culture of the Stalin period is one of the foremost example of these highly effective propaganda machines. Beginning with the late realist works of Kasimir Malevich, Dream Factory Communism presents the macrocosm of Soviet art in the Stalin era--still little known in the West--as a unified aesthetic phenomenon that transcended individual media. The later works of Soz-Art, a style in which characteristics of socialist realism are combined with Pop Art, provides a running visual commentary and a critical take on the aesthetics of totalitarianism. The inclusion of works by contemporary Russian artists such as Erik Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov and Komar & Melamid marks the chasm that separates today's artists both aesthetically and politically from their predecessors.
