On display now through October 29 are the Judy Saslow Gallery’s collection of Cold War-era Soviet propaganda posters. This collection was made between 1981 and 1984, a very interesting period and, in many ways, the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. It was also a time when hostility might have been high but there was also a sort of “malaise” in the rivalry. Sure, we all thought nuclear was going to happen but we’d thought that our whole lives and so had our parents.
Nonetheless these posters have all the harsh anti-American rhetoric and symbolism. It is fantastic such posters were saved and not consigned to the dustbin of history (to paraphrase the gentlemen with Stalin’s axe in his head).
The collection is open for viewing Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and o Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nonetheless these posters have all the harsh anti-American rhetoric and symbolism. It is fantastic such posters were saved and not consigned to the dustbin of history (to paraphrase the gentlemen with Stalin’s axe in his head).
The collection is open for viewing Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and o Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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