D. Moor, Symbol of Faith, magazine cover for Bezbozhnik u Stanka #7 (1923). The David King Collection
Exhibitions
Godless at the Workbench
Historical Feature and R. Fraser Elliott Galleries
30 January - 17 April 2005
Godless at the Workbench was an exhibition of illustrated journals, posters, photographs, and films created during the Soviet anti-religious campaigns of 1918-1939. Propaganda materials used in post-revolutionary Russia, produced by some of the great artists of the day, were frequently spectacular and compellingly effective in their artistic design. The exhibition explored the link between visual culture and the development of Soviet identity through the printed materials produced for these anti-religious campaigns. Such campaigns were intended to destroy religious hierarchies and transform the values of a barely-literate population in the defining years of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Guest curated by Dr Annie Gérin, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Ottawa, this fascinating exhibition came to the Art Centre from the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. To mark the opening, Dr Gérin presented a lecture on Sunday 30 January at 2 pm.
Dorothy Farr
Godless at the Workbench was presented and toured with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board, and Museums Assistance Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.