Talk:Social realism

message: Social Realism, is not a style nor a form it is a context or content of an art work. SR is also a form of "sociopolitical commentary" using art works as the vehicle.
Social Realists believed that art is not only for decoration but can also be used as an instrument of attack and defense against an enemy.
How... enlightening. 02:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

message: I think this article needs to be modified to include more of the literary aspect of social realism, with such authors as Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Anzia Yezierska.  Their contributions were not insignificant.
Jonathan Franzen (specifically Freedom and The Corrections) has been described as leading a revival of the social realist novel (see the Wikipedia article on Freedom), as well as www.bookslut.com/fiction/2010_09_016581.php; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/jonathan-franzen-freedom-overrated_b_819103.html; http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/18/jonathan-franzen-freedom-blake-morrison and more Eesome (talk) 23:34, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Literary Social Realism 

message: I read and contributed to this article tonight. After looking over what others have posted and some additions I've made tonight, how does everybody feel about removing the global view tag? It almost seems as though there is now not enough American contributions to this movement. Happy Editing! Love, Anna (talk) 03:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  World View Completed? 

message: Social realism was very dominating in literature and drama, as well as in music in the Nordic countries in the 1970s. It would not be so easy for me to find sources to reflect this assertion, though. Hopefully others can do that, but it was so pervading for someone growing up in that decade that it was almost like a ubiquitous filter through which almost all of reality was presented. __meco (talk) 20:43, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  1970s in the Nordic countries 

message: I'll be removing this section from the article. Not only is it unreferenced, but content regarding France would better serve in the Realism article, and the content regarding the Soviet Union would better serve in the Socialist realism article. This article's lead section differentiates these movements. R. Bartleby (talk) 21:35, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In France and the Soviet Union" section removal 

message: Basically I've listed the artists already named in the article. This is a rough first draft of the table, and may be edited for accuracy, scope, etc., particularly in regard to the 'Field(s)' and 'Years Active' columns. The artists have been listed alphabetically by last name, and the table should be maintainted accordingly. R. Bartleby (talk) 18:36, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Artists associated with Social Realism" table 

message: In the article, "Morrison Brandinske" is given as an example of some famous documentary photographer "of the late 19th century", but I could find no evidence that he existed.
Is this some sort of confusion with someone else? Y-barton (talk) 19:13, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch, removed...Modernist (talk) 23:15, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

text: That was added by an IP in March 2006....golden glove...Modernist (talk) 22:06, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who's "Morrison Brandinske"? 

message: I just noticed that two paragraphs under Art Movement are exactly the same as under WPA and Treasury art projects. Just putting it out there as I don't have time right now for a quick fix. Missvangie (talk) 13:57, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2018 

message: I see that this article is heavily biased towards US Social Realists which I intend to gradually redress. I've started this process in a small way by changing the introduction the the Latin American section, removing the statement that referred to Latin America's influence on the US which belonged to the US section. This had the effect of diminishing Latin American Social Realists; almost a form of cultural appropriation. Generally the whole article should have better balance including more examples of work from the former USSR which at the moment is bundled with Europe. Only the west of the USSR could be considered part of Europe, not countries like today's Kazakhstan for example. Other regions and countries are similarly under represented naturalhomes (talk) 12:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Over emphasis on US Social Realists

message: The term is sometimes written "social realism" (adjective + noun) other times "Social Realism" (term). Is here someone with knowledge of art history to clear this? --Ruediger from Luebeck  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:67C:2D50:0:138D:D8EA:F38D:2734 (talk) 12:14, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Social Realism a term? 

message: Should there be a new section on the flaws of social realism in art? Espngeek (talk) 19:23, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism