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Filmmaker: Barbara Herbich
VHS - $ 39.95
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On July 7, 1988, Sotheby's conducted an historic art auction in Moscow at which 100 paintings by once clandestine artists sold for over $3 million. This latest manifestation of glasnost reverberated throughout the Moscow art world, bringing unforeseen opportunities and problems for a generation of previously unacknowledged, "unofficial," artists.

USSR Art plunges into the middle of this economic and aesthetic maelstrom, presenting a fascinating overview of Soviet art and artists in transition, and of a society struggling with its frist flirtations with commercialism. Featuring interviews with many of these leading artists (who have suddenly become celebrities), as well as a large representative sampling of their works, USSR Art provides an invaluable window on the most rapidly developing and exciting movement in the international art world.

Running time: 60 minutes, Year released: 1990
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
ISBN: 1-55974-325-5
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 9th and up

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Produced and Directed by Barbara Herbich
This title can also be found in: Cold War, Fine Art, Painting and Painters, Russia, Soviet Union
 

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