April 23, 2020 Today’s painting features the quintessential Soviet leader who was behind all that: Vladimir I. Lenin. There are several paintings in this exhibition “Leaders and the Masses” about Lenin. This one is pretty unorthodox I would say. It was created during the late Soviet era when the established canon of leader depictions began […] Read more
April 21, 2020 With some previous posts on Leaders and the Masses, the exhibition structure has begun to emerge (I hope). The first section of the show is organized around the idea of a slogan as means of communication between leaders and the masses. A slogan usually contains a concise clear unambiguous political message understandable […] Read more
April 17, 2020 It is amazing how many of this show’s paintings have slogans incorporated into them, whether explicitly or implicitly, like in our previous post of the painting “Land.” Today’s painting “First Decree on Peace” takes us back to the same event referred to in “Land.” — Second Congress of the Soviets on October […] Read more
Born out of the distinct change of our world brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, TMORA’s Chief Curator & Head of Collections, Dr. Masha Zavialova, is sharing regular posts about artworks at The Museum of Russian Art. Whether the works are in the Museum’s permanent collection or currently hanging in the galleries, her writings are […] Read more
April 18, 2020 In this painting, Lenin speaks on Red Square for the celebration of the 1st anniversary of the October Revolution, on November 7, 1918. Why November? By that time, the new Bolshevik government changed the calendar from Julian to Gregorian, with 13 days difference. On the original photograph of the event, you see […] Read more
