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Now that you've seen how the image of Lenin is being transformed, why not check out some art devoted to the current Russian leader? Have a look at this ongoing exhibition in Moscow titled ...
It doesn’t honor Lenin or communism. We view it as an example of how art outlives politics. It is a powerful symbol of this message and the reason it should remain there.
Lenin was a master of propaganda, and in that respect he understood, in particular, the power of art. One of his first acts was to start decorating the city with new art and political posters.
Art World Russian Teens Increase Lenin’s Appeal One Selfie at a Time. A Lenin selfie. Photo: @bird_sandra, via Instagram. Sarah Cascone August 8, 2015 Share Share This Article.
Lenin knew that revolution wouldn't happen overnight – we must bear this in mind as capitalism fails us today. ... Lenin’s art was to detect the “rage potential” of the disappointed peasants.
Folks in Fremont gathered last night for the lighting ceremony at the Lenin statue. Strings of light created a Christmas tree around the statue, complete with a shining red star on his hat.
The complete Lenin statue, built by Soviet artist Nikolai Tomski, once stood in East Berlin, but after the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification, the communist monument was broken into ...
Fernando Ribas of Art Not Art cleans the artwork “Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head.” The giant stainless steel sculpture has been installed downtown San Antonio ...
How the mighty have fallen. A new statue of Vladimir Lenin – erected in the Polish town of Nowa Huta, a town constructed by the communists – is not what you might expect. Rather than a ...
HONG KONG — The corpse of Mao Zedong, the chairman and founder of the People’s Republic of China who transformed the country into a communist nation, lies in state at the most peculiar of ...