From Russia With Capitalist Realism
The things one finds out while surfing the intertubes….
F’rinstance, I learned that in 2006 there was a nifty art exhibit at Aidan Gallery in Moscow titled “Capitalist Realism” by the artist Konstantin Latyshev.
I also learned that there are people who go through art galleries with cameras, just like there are people who sit in movie theaters with camcorders. Results of this behavior sometimes include ‘pirated’ art exhibits, which I’m sure must be bad for a variety of reasons, but right now I’m damned if I can think of any.
So without further ado I present a selection of works from Konstantin Latyshev’s “Capitalist Realism” series. Translations of Russian text courtesy of me and my 35 year old Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Language and Culture. Visuals courtesy of some guy in Moscow with an Instamatic.
The joy of consumption
[click on the thumbnails to see the full size images]
Democrats catch a communist in the forest outside of Smolensk
The world is not without good people
It’s difficult being an ascetic in the midst of such an endless variety of choices, isn’t it?
The youth of an oligarch
Wild capitalist
Subsistence dumpster-diving with Professor M.G. Rodumtsev
Her first Tiffany
Former library
Censor Vitaly Nikanorovich Perdikin has lost his job
Don’t you want spiritual food?
Interrogation of an anti-globalist
Posted: October 9th, 2007 under Art, Capitalist Realism, po russki.
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