{"id":26694,"title":"The USSR Pavilion","dimensions":"11 x 29 cm (open: 44 x 29 cm)","date_begin":"1958-01-01","material":"Brochure","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":138,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"Monoculture Universal Exhibitions Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eBrochure from Brussels World Fair 1958.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":17,"permalink":"the-ussr-pavilion","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/060/797/medium_500/Image008012.jpg?1598356100","cached_actor_names":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Leaflet","nl":"Folder","fr":"Brochure"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/060/797/large/Image008012.jpg?1598356100","poster_credits":"scan: (c) M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main themes of the Soviet Pavilion were space exploration (with the Sputnik satellite as the core of the exposition), the celebration of heavy industry, and the fast economic development of the USSR under the communist regime. Among other themes, a significant part of their exhibition was dedicated to the emancipation of women and their successful employment in all professional spheres of the USSR, which was a rather progressive subject at that time. Slick propaganda leaflets in English provided general information about the country, boasting of increased industrial production in comparison with capitalistic countries, and focused on such subjects as the Soviet democratic system, the great social benefits for all citizens, and free education and childcare systems. The Soviet pavilion in Brussels was awarded the Grand Prix. If the popularity of the Soviet exhibition was predictable due to the high interest in space exploration, the number of awards received by Soviets for their Socialist Realist artworks might have come as a surprise. The success of Socialist Realism abroad was considered the main achievement by the author of the book titled \u003cem\u003eArt at the International Exhibition in Brussels, 1958\u003c/em\u003e. Published in Russian two years later in the form of a guidebook, it represents a typical example of propaganda from the cultural and political \u0026#39;Thaw\u0026#39; period in the USSR, which was characterised by the transformation of Soviet society by the liberalisation of many spheres of life and opening up to international dialogue. However, despite the softening of official Soviet censorship policies, modernist tendencies in the arts were still highly deplored by Soviet officials.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe belangrijkste thema\u0026#39;s van het Sovjet-paviljoen waren de ruimtevaart (met als pronkstuk de Spoetnik-satelliet), het ophemelen van de zware industrie, en de snelle economische ontwikkeling van de USSR onder het communistische regime. Een aanzienlijk deel van de tentoonstelling was gewijd aan de emancipatie van de vrouw en aan de arbeid die vrouwen succesvol volbrachten in alle professionele geledingen van de USSR \u0026ndash; in die tijd een vrij progressief onderwerp. Glanzende propagandafolders in het Engels gaven algemene informatie over het land, pakten uit met een (vergeleken bij de kapitalistische landen) hogere industri\u0026euml;le productie, en kaartten onderwerpen aan als het Sovjet-democratische systeem, belangrijke sociale voordelen voor alle burgers, en gratis onderwijs en kinderopvang. Na het succes op de internationale tentoonstelling van Parijs in 1937, werd het Sovjet-paviljoen in Brussel opnieuw bekroond met de Grote Prijs. De populariteit van de Sovjettentoonstelling was misschien voorspelbaar vanwege de grote belangstelling voor ruimtevaart. Toch kwam het aantal prijzen dat de Sovjets ontvingen voor hun socialistisch-realistische kunstwerken misschien als een verrassing. De auteur van \u003cem\u003eArt at the International Exhibition in Brussel, 1958\u003c/em\u003e zag het succes van het socialistisch realisme buiten de USSR dan ook als de belangrijkste Sovjet-prestatie op de Expo. Het boek werd twee jaar later in het Russisch gepubliceerd in de vorm van een gids. Het was een typisch voorbeeld van propaganda uit de culturele en politieke \u0026#39;dooi\u0026#39;-periode in de USSR: door de liberalisering van tal van levenssferen en het aanknopen van internationale contacten onderging de Sovjet-samenleving een transformatie. Maar hoewel het offici\u0026euml;le beleid van Sovjet-censuur minder drastisch was, vonden de Sovjetfunctionarissen de modernistische tendensen in de kunst nog steeds betreurenswaardig.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}