Godless at the Workbench
Curated by Dr. Annie Gérin
Organized by Dunlop Art Gallery. January 17, 2004 to March 7, 2004, at Central Gallery.
Additional Information
Other associated events: Opening reception, January 16, 7:30 pm Film Series, January 20, January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24 at 7:00 pm, Regina Public Library Film Theatre. Panel discussion, February 7, 2:00 pm, Regina Public Library Film Theatre
Curated by Dr. Annie Gérin, Godless at the Workbench is an exhibition of illustrated journals (by famous Soviet artists), posters, archival photographs and films testifying to the Soviet anti-religious campaigns of 1918-1939. Because religion in the Russian empire had been one of the main markers of social identity, these campaigns (which heavily relied on visual propaganda) were determinant in the creation of a Soviet identity divorced from pre-revolutionary culture. Primarily, Godless at the Workbench explores critically the link between visual culture and the development of Soviet identity, through the visual materials produced for the anti-religious campaigns, or documentation of the campaigns. The investigation into visual culture will interrogate the Soviet government's use of visual culture (art, journals, posters, films, etc.) to inform the public and transform the values of its barely literate population. Godless at the Workbench explores how the government and militant associations used an unceasing flow of images in their propaganda, proposing alternative ways of being, attempting to insert new images, concepts and values into popular culture.
Godless at the Workbench (Installation View), 2004.
When
2004, Mar 7 2004 - All day
Where
Dunlop Central Gallery,
Interest
Past