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The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism
Artist
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
(Russian, 1973-2003)
Date1982-1983
MediumTempera and oil on canvas
DimensionsStretcher: 183.5 × 122 cm (72 1/4 × 48 1/16 in.)
Frame: 182.9 × 121.9 × 8.3 cm (72 × 48 × 3 1/4 in.)
Frame: 182.9 × 121.9 × 8.3 cm (72 × 48 × 3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineNorton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union
Object number2001.0415
Exhibition History- Berlin-Moskau, Moskau-Berlin: 1950-2000, 09/28/2003-01/05/2004, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
- Rotation, 07/2004-07/2005, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level
- RUSSIA!, 09/16/2005-01/11/2006, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- Rotation, 03/2006-01/2009, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level
- Sombras/Shadows, 02/10/2009-05/17/2009, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
- Rotation, 11/10/2010-03/2012, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level
- Rotation, 05/2012-12/2013, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level
- Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture, 01/25/2014-07/13/2014, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
- Post Pop: East Meets West, 11/26/2014-03/02/2015, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
- “Thinking Pictures”: Moscow Conceptual Art in the Dodge Collection, 09/06/2016-02/26/2017, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
- The Revolution is Dead. Long live the Revolution!, 04/13/2017-07/09/2017, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
- Thinking Pictures: Conceptual Art from Moscow and the Baltics, 03/17/2022 - 08/14/2022, Art Museum of Estonia (KUMU), Tallinn, Estonia
- Komar & Melamid: A Lesson in History, 02/11/23-07/16/23, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Gallery Lower Level
Exhibitions
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