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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1960s|1960s]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Russia and Central Asia|Russia and Central Asia]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography | |||
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'''Artist:''' Boris Mikhailov | '''Artist:''' Boris Mikhailov (b. 1938) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' KGB; Soviet government | '''Confronting Bodies:''' KGB; Soviet government | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1960s | '''Dates of Action:''' 1960s | ||
'''Location:''' Ukraine | |||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' nude photographs of Mikhailov's wife <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' nude photographs of Mikhailov's wife <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' Mikhailov was fired from his engineering job when the KGB found a nude photograph he had taken of his wife. Nudity in photography was forbidden by the Soviet government. It was deemed antithetical to the goals of Soviet Realist art - to champion the honorable proletariat. The nude was only allowed in museums in Old Master paintings. <P> | '''The Incident:''' Mikhailov was fired from his engineering job when the KGB found a nude photograph he had taken of his wife. Nudity in photography was forbidden by the Soviet government. It was deemed antithetical to the goals of Soviet Realist art - to champion the honorable proletariat. The nude was only allowed in museums in Old Master paintings. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Mikhailov went on photographing nudes as an act of defiance and a celebratory representation of freedom and self-expression. In 1997 he moved to Berlin. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Mikhailov went on photographing nudes as an act of defiance and a celebratory representation of freedom and self-expression. In 1997 he moved to Berlin. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Boston ICA exhibition brochure, 2004 | '''Source:''' Boston ICA exhibition brochure, 2004 | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:06, 19 February 2012
Date: 1960s
Region: Russia and Central Asia
Subject: Nudity
Medium: Photography
Artist: Boris Mikhailov (b. 1938)
Confronting Bodies: KGB; Soviet government
Dates of Action: 1960s
Location: Ukraine
Description of Artwork: nude photographs of Mikhailov's wife
The Incident: Mikhailov was fired from his engineering job when the KGB found a nude photograph he had taken of his wife. Nudity in photography was forbidden by the Soviet government. It was deemed antithetical to the goals of Soviet Realist art - to champion the honorable proletariat. The nude was only allowed in museums in Old Master paintings.
Results of Incident: Mikhailov went on photographing nudes as an act of defiance and a celebratory representation of freedom and self-expression. In 1997 he moved to Berlin.
Source: Boston ICA exhibition brochure, 2004
