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Rodchenko & Popova at Tate Modern
An exploration of radical abstraction infused with political purpose led Russian artists in the years following Bolshevik revolution the into design, film and architecture. The resulting work is full of emotional energy. Telegraph
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"For the first time in history, the interests of the avant garde and those of a country's ruling elite were identical. Both saw the arts not as an end in themselves but as a means for reshaping society."
Soon after that ruling elite's way of reshaping society changed to more direct techniques http://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Slave-Ships-Kolyma-Gulag/dp/0275981002
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