Loved the essay. Well-grounded with excellent examples, I still remember Mukhin's sculpture of Worker and Kolkhoznithsa. Interesting, what did they do with it when the USSR collapsed?In the former USSR politicians defined the position of art and artists, I write about this theme also in Poets Before and After Revolution. The real Art was completely destroyed by the Communsts. The same in Hitler's Germany and later in the socialistic East Germany.
As for the Worker and Kolkhoznitsa sculpture, after the USSR collapsed, it was relocated several times. Originally at the 1937 Paris World’s Fair, it was later moved to Moscow’s VDNH, where it was restored in 2003. This shift shows how art is impacted by political change.
You’re spot on about how regimes like the USSR and Nazi Germany controlled art. Both suppressed avant-garde and abstract work in favor of state-approved styles like socialist realism and “Aryan” art. These regimes used art as propaganda, destroying or censoring anything that didn’t fit the narrative.
Your work in Poets Before and After Revolution sounds fascinating! Would love to hear more!
Thank you for the information about the statue. Every Soviet movie started with a huge photo of this symbol of Soviet cinema. Though you are so well informed, you know that. You are right about Soviet propaganda. It was the scary machine that destroyed the country. And thank you for subscribing. We have a lot of material to exchange, I think. Larisa
Loved the essay. Well-grounded with excellent examples, I still remember Mukhin's sculpture of Worker and Kolkhoznithsa. Interesting, what did they do with it when the USSR collapsed?In the former USSR politicians defined the position of art and artists, I write about this theme also in Poets Before and After Revolution. The real Art was completely destroyed by the Communsts. The same in Hitler's Germany and later in the socialistic East Germany.
Thanks for your great feedback!
As for the Worker and Kolkhoznitsa sculpture, after the USSR collapsed, it was relocated several times. Originally at the 1937 Paris World’s Fair, it was later moved to Moscow’s VDNH, where it was restored in 2003. This shift shows how art is impacted by political change.
You’re spot on about how regimes like the USSR and Nazi Germany controlled art. Both suppressed avant-garde and abstract work in favor of state-approved styles like socialist realism and “Aryan” art. These regimes used art as propaganda, destroying or censoring anything that didn’t fit the narrative.
Your work in Poets Before and After Revolution sounds fascinating! Would love to hear more!
Thank you for the information about the statue. Every Soviet movie started with a huge photo of this symbol of Soviet cinema. Though you are so well informed, you know that. You are right about Soviet propaganda. It was the scary machine that destroyed the country. And thank you for subscribing. We have a lot of material to exchange, I think. Larisa
My pleasure! I look forward to it!