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Talking about a Revolution: Gallery Talk Series

Talking about a Revolution: Gallery Talk Series

2:00PM-2:30PM
Description

The Brave New World of Soviet Political Posters 

This gallery talk, with Bertrand Patenaude, research fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, highlights how the new Soviet regime pioneered the political propaganda poster and examines recurring themes, symbols, and messages. 

MORE TALKS IN THIS SERIES:

OCTOBER 19, 12PM, An Introduction to The Crown under the Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, Revolution with Jodi RobertsRobert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Cantor Arts Center

OCTOBER 21, 1PMRussia’s Crown under Armand HAMMER!  with Edward Kasinec, visiting fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Archives  

OCTOBER 25, 2PM, A Russian Artist Paints the Revolution  with Elena S. Danielson, archivist emerata, Hoover Institution Library & Archives  

NOVEMBER 1, 12PM, Why Montage Fever?  with Pavle Levi, director, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasion Studies and associate professor, Film and Media Studies, Department of Art & Art History

NOVEMBER 16, 12PM, An Introduction to The Crown under the Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, Revolution with Jodi RobertsRobert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Cantor Arts Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2PMThe Brave New World of Soviet Political Posters  with Bertrand Patenaude, research fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

DECEMBER 6, 12PMHidden in Plain Sight  with Marissa Schleicher Rhee, project archivist for exhibitions, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

JANUARY 13, 12:30PMRussia's Crown Reprised  with Edward Kasinec, visiting fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Archives 

FEBRUARY 14, 12PM, Love & Revolution  with Samira Bozorgi, assistant archivist for exhibitions, Hoover Institution Library & Archives  

MARCH 3, 12PMHidden in Plain Sight  with Marissa Schleicher Rhee, project archivist for exhibitions, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

IMAGE: Nikolai Mikhailovich Kochergin (1897–1974), 1 Maia 1920 goda. Cherez oblomki kapitalizma k vsemirnomu bratstvu trudiashchikhsia! [May 1, 1920. Through the ruins of capitalism to the universal brotherhood of workers!], 1920. Lithograph. Poster Collection RU/SU 2087, Hoover Institution Archives 

Where
Cantor Arts Center
Admission

Registration is not required. This program is free and open to the public.

Contact
650-736-9371
mazout@stanford.edu