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...harsh reality of Soviet gulags in his Vetlosian series.The third and forth groupings are smaller and contain photographs from an artist inside the gulag as well as the art of various ethnic nationality groups. Boris Mikhailov’s image is one of Katsnelson’s favorites. Mikahailov took a picture of a standard Soviet event and by retouching the work with garish and kitschy colors made it a satirical commentary on the Soviet Union. Despite the focus on the Soviet Union, Katsnelson believes that the exhibit covers issues beyond Russian studies, Soviet history, and art history...
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