1/20/2005

Dream Factory Communism

The image “http://shop.hermitagemuseum.org/en_US/images/products/z10075.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. A catalogue dedicated to the exhibition Dream Factory Communism. The Visual Culture of the Stalin Era held in the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. The later works of Soz-Art, a style in which characteristics of socialist realism are combined with Pop Art, provides a visual commentary and a critical take on the aesthetics of totalitarianism.

Text in German & English. Germany, 2003. 464 pages, 152 color & 108 b/w illus., hardcover. 9 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (23.5 x 29 cm).

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