The year 2014 could be considered the year of socialist realism. Early in the year, Sotheby's auction house held a non-commercial exhibition in London called Soviet Art.Soviet Sport.

The year 2014 could be considered the year of socialist realism. Early in the year, Sotheby's auction house held a non-commercial exhibition in London called Soviet Art.Soviet Sport.

Sotheby's London is showing 35 of the paintings owned by Mr. Ananiev in a non-selling show.

The exhibition of Erik Bulatov paintings, at the Renaissance Society, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., is an important step in developing an understanding of the niagra of contemporary art headed toward our sho… ...

FROM Soviet realism with a twist to portraits of American rap stars might seem something of a leap -- but not necessarily for Alexander Melamid. The hip-hop gallery - Los Angeles Times ...

This way, the future. IN THE 1930s there was a picture-generating machine producing a standardised kind of art called Soviet Realism. The machine's job was to tell the masses about the future.

During the Brezhnev era the Soviet Union sanctioned only one artistic style: Socialist Realism. Paintings, sculptures and murals purveyed idealized figures heroically enduring hardships and ...

The term "Soviet Realism" conjures up images of workers and farmers nobly engaged in their labors—inflated to mythical status—and depicted in a kind of debased academic style. Produced at a ...

Socialist realism: the state as the author -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Alienation as a status: Ilya Kabakov and the Collective Actions Group -- Sots art: the Russian deconstructive force -- Aptart: ...

Portraits of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and others represent a change for an architect of Soviet Realist Pop Art. Painter eyes hip-hop's titans - Los Angeles Times ...