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Article: Shaping Soviet art. (two German exhibitions; various artists; Doucumenta-Halle, Kassel, and Kunsthalle, Cologne) (Report From Germany)
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- Art in America
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- September 1, 1994
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When perestroika's liberal policies made Soviet art available to the West in the late '80s, German museums and galleries enthusiastically led the way in organizing major historical and contemporary exhibitions. With the souring economy of the 1990s, which has curtailed the cultural budgets of German cities, one might expect the euphoria to have faded. However, two recent shows suggest that German art professionals are far from being tired of Soviet visual culture. "From Malevich to Kabakov: The Russian Avant-Garde in the 20th Century" and "Agitation for Happiness: Soviet Art of the Stalin Era" were among the most ambitious exhibitions of Soviet art ever organized in ...
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