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Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945 (Art Institute of Chicago) ReviewI spent half a day at the Art Institute's exhibit and didn't begin to absorb it all, so extensive were the posters and information about them. (TASS did at least a poster a day for the entire war.) Fortunately, it's all in this tome of an exhibition catalog, which the book description aptly summarizes.There are, of course, wonderful posters that caricature Hitler, but equally interesting are those that feature the Hun. Others focus on specific events, such as the blockade of Stalingrad. And as was the case in the USA, the Soviets also had their posters selling war bonds. What I'd never seen before were the posters that resembled comic strips, often with satirical statements. Whatever the poster and subject, the translation is excellent as is the explanation of its historical context. There are also sections on the stenciling process and on the TASS artists.
Interesting, too, is the story of how this exhibition came to be, a story related not only in the catalog but also in "Propaganda on Parade," an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune, and for which I'll provide the link in the lst comment.
As for just what a treasure this book is-- A good friend of mine who has absolutely no interest in art but loves WWII history borrowed it for a week and studied it from cover to cover. "Terrific," was his comment when he returned it. If you are interested in this exhibition catalog but don't feel you can afford it at the moment, you could do as I did, which was to recommend that the local library purchase it. It is, after all, an important publication for both art and history.
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