CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed
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Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed is an exhibition on Soviet architecture from the ’70s and ’80s. It should be an eye-opening experience for those who assumed that Soviet architecture died with the rise of Stalin.
Covering a period that has largely been ignored by academics and mainstream architects, the show is packed with obscure architectural gems. Its subject feels particularly timely given that young architects are now beginning to re-examine the work of the Soviets’ cold war counterparts in Western cities like Rotterdam and São Paulo.
Read full review by NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF at www.nytimes.com.
“CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed” continues through June 16 at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, Little Italy; (212) 431-5795, storefrontnews.org.
*Photograph - Igor Vasilevsky’s Druzhba Sanitarium in Yalta, Ukraine.
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| Posted on May 16, 2007
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