Putin Art

[Michele A Berdy]

Actually, the Diego Rivera piece is a very different story. It had been
commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller, who had approved the original sketch.
Then Rivera added Lenin. Rockefeller asked him to remove Lenin, but Rivera
didn't want to. Rockefeller stopped the work, paid him, and later had the
mural destroyed.

 

A patron commissioning a piece, approving a sketch, getting something other
than what he'd approved - but paying for it anyway is very different from
state authorities confiscating paintings from a private gallery without
citing what law was broken.

 

 

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 6:19 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Putin Art

 

There is a difference between art in public places and in museums. The
Rockefeller Center is very public, very open. 

 

But I could imagine that if they had a very naked statue of David there
there could have been protests as well in our puritan society.

 

On Aug 30, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Alexander Herbert wrote:





Don't forget about Diego Rivera's original piece in Rockefeller Center. It
was not an art exhibition per se, but it was definitely taken down after
strong reactions. 



 

Alina Israeli

Associate Professor of Russian

WLC, American University

4400 Massachusetts Ave.

Washington DC 20016

(202) 885-2387   fax (202) 885-1076

aisrael at american.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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