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ThedevelopmentofSovietrealistpaintingoverfiftyyearsthroughaselectionofworksfromRussiasleadingmuseums.SocialistRealismwasandremainsanexceptionalphenomenonintwentiethcenturyart.Itborethechallengeofpromotingrealistfigurationonascalewithoutparallelintherestoftheworld,employingthetalentsofthousandsofartistsoverdecadesandspreadingoveranimmenseandvariedempire.Byglorifyingthesocialroleofart,affirmingtheprimaryvalueofcontentasopposedtoformandrestoringthecentralroleoftraditionalpractices,socialistRealismwasthedeclaredopponentofthemodernmovement,andinfactrepresentedtheonlycompletelyalternativeartisticsystem.CreatedbythegreatRussianartistsDeineka,Malevic,Adlivankin,Laktionov,Plastov,Brodskij,Korzhevtheworkspresentamultiplicityofquestions,themesandformalapproachestoartspanningfromthelastphasesofthecivilwartothebeginningsoftheBrezhnevera,stoppingattheearly1970swhentrendsinofficialSovietarttookonvariedandinconsistentdirectionssuchthattheculturalsupremacyofthesocialist-realistcurrentfadeddefinitively.Anon-monolithicviewemerges,inwhichthemovementdoesnotoriginateexclusivelyastheproductoftotalitariancontrolandpoliticalpressuresbutasanevolvingorganismthatreflectedinternalissuesandechoedthegreathistoriceventsofthetwentiethcentury.
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MatthewBownisagalleryownerandauthoroffourbooksonSovietart.
MatteoLanfranconiisanauthorandacurator.
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