ALEKXANDR DEINEKA, 1899

Aleksandr Deineka (1899-1969): An Avant-Garde for the Proletariat is the first exhibition and publication to present this outstandin g figure of socialist realism - and, by extension, the historical period from which his work was borne - in a twofold context: the e nd of the avant-garde and the advent of Soviet socialist realism. It covers Deineka's entire oeuvre, from his early paintings of the 1920s to the twilight of his career in the 1950s, when the dreamlike quality of his first works gave way to the harsh materiality o f everyd...[Read more]