Vision and Communism @ the Smart Museum
September 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
In captivating images of survival and suffering, the postwar artist and designer Viktor Koretsky (1909–1998) articulated a Communist vision of the world utterly unlike that of conventional propaganda.
Designed to create an emotional connection between Soviet citizens and others around the globe, Koretsky's posters heralded the multiculturalism of Benetton and MTV, while offering a dynamic alternative to the West's sleek consumerism. Vision and Communism offers a striking new interpretation of visual communication in the U.S.S.R. and beyond. Drawing on an extensive private collection of Soviet art and propaganda, the exhibition presents nearly ninety of Koretsky's posters, photographs, and original maquettes. The exhibition's themes are extended to cinema through a related screening of films by Aleksandr Medvedkin and Chris Marker at the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center.
In captivating images of survival and suffering, the postwar artist and designer Viktor Koretsky (1909–1998) articulated a Communist vision of the world utterly unlike that of conventional propaganda.
Designed to create an emotional connection between Soviet citizens and others around the globe, Koretsky's posters heralded the multiculturalism of Benetton and MTV, while offering a dynamic alternative to the West's sleek consumerism. Vision and Communism offers a striking new interpretation of visual communication in the U.S.S.R. and beyond. Drawing on an extensive private collection of Soviet art and propaganda, the exhibition presents nearly ninety of Koretsky's posters, photographs, and original maquettes. The exhibition's themes are extended to cinema through a related screening of films by Aleksandr Medvedkin and Chris Marker at the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center.
