* Darker Shades of Red Exhibition (at Museum of Russian Icons)

Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda Art from the Cold War Era
Exhibit from The Hollingsworth Collection
Opening Saturday, June 14 through August 30, 2014
Free to Members or with Admission

With Russia in the world news, the new exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to analyze the Cold War period through the exploration of the Soviet Union’s official brand. Strikingly graphic, the collection reveals the economic, social and political ideology of the Soviet Union from the mid 1940s to1990.
From the Bolshevik Revolution onward, posters have been an influential source for Soviet dogma. They communicated to the public through vibrant compositions combining figures, text (often poetry) and geometric blocks of strong color.
The objects in Darker Shades are drawn from the private collection of Gary Hollingsworth, a Florida art restorer who traveled extensively in the former Soviet Union. The exhibit includes 55 original Soviet posters (with translations) and assorted ephemera like medals and orders, statuettes and factory banners.
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