Russia in the art-space race, part 4
Another piece from the Sotheby’s auctions of Russian art on June 10 and 12, and it’s more “Sots art”, the quasi-Soviet version of pop art. This is the 1991 silkscreen “Gorby”, offered for £4,000 to £6,000, by Alexander Kosolapov, who’s about 65 years old now.
Hard to say whether Gorbachev’s lipstick and eyeliner are meant to denigrate his dismantling of the Soviet Union or not, but it’s still as much a nod to stoic Kremlin portraits as it is to Warhol.
