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The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism
The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism
The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism

The Origins of Socialist Realism from the series Nostalgic Socialist Realism

Artist Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (Russian, 1973-2003)
Date1982-1983
CultureRussian
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.)
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
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