Vargi Arsenovich Aivazian
Russian, 1908-1950
Holiday Tree Ornaments, or What the Artillerist’s Sharp Shooting Left of the Fascists, December 28, 1942
Ne boltai! Collection
Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945
July 31–October 23, 2011
During World War II, the Soviet Union’s news agency, TASS, enlisted artists and writers to bolster support for the nation’s war effort. Working from Moscow, this studio produced hundreds of storefront window posters, one for nearly every day of the war. Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945 is a monumental exhibition centered on these posters, which have not been seen in the United States since the Second World War. Impressively large—between five and ten feet tall—and striking in the vibrancy and texture of the stencil medium, these posters were sent abroad, including to the Art Institute of Chicago, to serve as international cultural “ambassadors” and to rally allied and neutral nations to the endeavors of the Soviet Union. In Windows on the War, 250 posters will be on display, with the rich historical and cultural context of US-USSR relations illuminated through photographs and other documentary material.
July 31–October 23, 2011
During World War II, the Soviet Union’s news agency, TASS, enlisted artists and writers to bolster support for the nation’s war effort. Working from Moscow, this studio produced hundreds of storefront window posters, one for nearly every day of the war. Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945 is a monumental exhibition centered on these posters, which have not been seen in the United States since the Second World War. Impressively large—between five and ten feet tall—and striking in the vibrancy and texture of the stencil medium, these posters were sent abroad, including to the Art Institute of Chicago, to serve as international cultural “ambassadors” and to rally allied and neutral nations to the endeavors of the Soviet Union. In Windows on the War, 250 posters will be on display, with the rich historical and cultural context of US-USSR relations illuminated through photographs and other documentary material.
November 5, 2011
November 4, 2011
Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalia
Russian, 1899-1961
On Berlin’s “Avenue of Victories”, May 12, 1945
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
November 3, 2011
Vladimir Vasil’evich Lebedev
Russian, 1891-1967
Untitled, February 11, 1943
Ne boltai! Collection
November 2, 2011
Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalia
Russian, 1899-1961
The Final Conclusion of His Bloody Dictatorship, April 18, 1945
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
November 1, 2011
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Volkov
Uzbek, 1886-1957
No Pillbox Will Save the Enemy!, April 15, 1945
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
