socialist realism by Peter Humphreysimages
in darkened rooms
russia
before all that
in a way
before the war
that finished all
the artists seem
to intuit
the coming dark
of red and black
when being primitive
ruled
and those who could
preferred to die
in attics
in Paris
not gulags
in Siberia
09/12/2013
Author's Note: Reactions to a stunning exhibition of Russian Art, pre- and post-Communist Revolution at the Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht, NL)
Posted on 09/12/2013 Copyright © 2024 Peter Humphreys
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