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Asked 27 February 2013

Has anybody recently worked on the art history of the Soviet Era?

Communist Art from 1917 until 1992.

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I took a class on Russian/Soviet art history as an undergraduate at Berkeley. I can't remember now for certain who the lecturer was, but this might have been her, if you want to see if you can contact her... she specialises in Russian/Soviet era art history. http://www.arthistory.northwestern.edu/faculty/christina-kiaer.html

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Art of the Soviet Era and Communist Art are different things. There was a strong stream expressing and supporting political propaganda of the era; there were artworks expressing search and honest believes of the artists; there were streams indifferent to the state ideology; there were experiments and underground art... What exactly or about whom would you like to know?
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Fazli Durrani Sattar
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Dear Olga
Thank you Olga, I am interested to document both aspects of the Art both open and underground and also to work on the communist trends in art.I am giving this topic as an M Phil research to one of my student.I am also looking for the book Marxist approach to Art.........thanks again and keep intouch.
I took a class on Russian/Soviet art history as an undergraduate at Berkeley. I can't remember now for certain who the lecturer was, but this might have been her, if you want to see if you can contact her... she specialises in Russian/Soviet era art history. http://www.arthistory.northwestern.edu/faculty/christina-kiaer.html

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