Every single time we have looked at images together, my boss (senior curator at the hmsg) firmly reminds me to look at the art. Look for patterns. Look for visual comparisons. Make connections that cannot necessarily be made with words. One of my favorite things about the study of art is the ability to understand expression without language.
Shkolnik 1910s The Provinces
These images come from an exhibition of modern Russian art - they are images that were not available internationally under Stalin because they were considered too radical and they are often still mysterious and difficult to obtain. The catalog is organized so that viewers may visually understand the origins of Russian modernism and the connections between Russian folklife and Russia art.
hint: if you don't see it, look at the hats.
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