Revoliutsiia! demonstratsiia!
Subtitle: Soviet art put to the test
By: edited by Matthew S. Witkovsky and Devin Fore ; with contributions by Yve-Alain Bois [and 7 others]
Contributors: Art Institute of Chicago; V-A-C Foundation
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780300225716; 9780865592872
Subjects: Art and society; Exhibitions; Soviet Art
Other titles: Soviet art put to the test
Description: "Published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this landmark book gathers information from the forefront of current research in early Soviet art, providing a new understanding of where art was presented, who saw it, and how the images incorporated and conveyed Soviet values. More than 350 works are grouped into areas of critical importance for the production, reception, and circulation of early Soviet art: battlegrounds, schools, theaters, the press, storefronts, exhibitions,factories, festivals, and homes. Paintings by El Lissitzky and Liubov Popova are joined by sculptures, costumes and textiles, decorative arts, architectural models, books, magazines, films, and more. Also included are rare and important artifacts, among them a selection of illustrated children's notes by Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Allilueva, as well as reproductions of key exhibition spaces such as the legendary Obmokhu (Constructivist) exhibition in 1921; Aleksandr Rodchenko's Workers Club in 1925; and a Radio-Orator kiosk for live, projected, and printed propaganda designed by Gustav Klutsis in 1922. Bountifully illustrated, this book offers an unprecedented, cross-disciplinary analysis of two momentous decades of Soviet visual culture"--
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the V-A-C Foundation, Venice May 13-August 25, 2017 ; and at The Art Institute of Chicago October 29, 2017-January 14, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index..
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James Rondeau; title: Acknowledgments / Matthew S. Witkovsky; title: Note to the reader; title: Introduction / Devin Fore ; Matthew S. Witkovsky; title: Battleground / Kathleen Tahk; title: School / Yve-Alain Bois; title: Press / Maria Gough; title: Theater / Masha Chlenova; title: Home storefront / Christina Kiaer; title: Factory / Barbara Wurm; title: Festival / Kristin Romberg; title: Exhibition / Maria Gough; title: Demonstration / Devin Fore; title: Checklist; title: Bibliography / Kathleen Tahk; title: Index; title: Photography credits.