Visit
Open Fri—Sun, 10am—5pm

VISIT

Exhibition
Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present
See More
Apr-Oct 2023

Now On View

Exhibition
David Bowie in the Soviet Union
See More
Apr-Oct 2023

Now on View

Visit
Education
Learn with the Wende Museum

Learn

Upcoming

=
The Collection
Tibor Zala, Lenin, 1972

Hungary
Artwork

In this silkscreen print, three adjoining portraits of the communist leader Vladimir Lenin wearing a worker’s cap are presented horizontally. Through the mechanical process of Ben-Day dots, Tibor Zala depicts the same image of Lenin, using different colors for each depiction, in a style that departed from the dominant realism. Influenced by the pop art style of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Zala’s portrait is exemplary of the relative cultural permeability of the Iron Curtain.

Stay Connected