Artist Gives Soviet Posters A Pop-Art Makeover

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Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · 2013 · News & Politics

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Valery Barykin's art merges scenes from Soviet propaganda posters with racy advertising images from 1950s America. The result is a satirical collision of Western and Soviet culture, and of critique and nostalgia. Video by Aleksandr Kulygin, RFE/RL's Russian Service

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