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Soviet Criticism on ‘Contemporary Western Bourgeois Art’

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

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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.


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Submitted: Nov. 25, 2021 | Published May 13, 2022 | Language: en

Keywords Soviet caricaturesKhrushchev’s ThawSoviet art theoryInformal artSoviet criticism


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