[Marxism] Dream Factory Communism.

[Chris Brady <cdbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dream Factory Communism.
Survey of Soviet art during the Stalin era
24 Sept. 2003 - 4 Jan. 2004
SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE (Frankfurt)

With Russian literature the focus of this year's Frankfurt hook fair,
this extensive concurrent exhibition offers a survey of Soviet art
during the Stalinist era.  Organized by Boris Groys in collaboration
with Moscow-based curator Zelfira Tregulova (Kreml Museums), the show
will present posters, architectural projects, and flints as well as
sculptures by such key figures as Malevich, Vertov, El Lissitzky, and
Gustav Kluzis.  The goal here is to grasp the Stalinist propaganda
machine and its powerful reorganization of public space as an important
chapter in the development of twentieth century mass and popular
culture.  (The accompanying catalogue features an exhaustive list of
scholarly contributors.)  The exhibition will also include works by
contemporary Russian artists such as Komar & Melamid and Ilya Kabakov.

?DB, ArtForum, Sept, 2003
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0268/1_42/108691789/p1/article.jhtml

Catalogue (publ. Nov 2003) cover image:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/377571328X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



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