Vyacheslav akhunov biography of alberta

The artist, philosopher, and writer Vyacheslav Akhunov stands out in the Central Asian art landscape.

He created his own art movement – Sotsmodernism – based on the rejection of Soviet art as part of the whole totalitarian system, countercultural values, and his personal moral choice. Vyacheslav Akhunov employs the typical iconography of the Socialist propaganda of the Soviet period, subverting then dominant ideology through the exploitation of widespread propagandistic images.

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