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Soviet Criticism on ‘Contemporary Western Bourgeois Art’

Controversy and Satire at the Time of Khrushchev’s Artistic Thaw

Giovanni Argan    Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    

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abstract

Taking into consideration the period of Khrushchev’s artistic Thaw (1956-62), the article analyses, with the help of satirical cartoons of the time, the leading and most widespread judgments expressed by Soviet criticism on contemporary Western art.

Published
May 13, 2022
Submitted
Nov. 25, 2021
Language
EN
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-588-9

Keywords: Soviet criticismSoviet art theoryKhrushchev’s ThawSoviet caricaturesInformal art

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