Culver City,
California
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Maker: Unknown
Untitled
Date Made: n.d.
Country: Soviet Union
Measurements: 90 cm x 60 cm; 35 7/16 in x 23 5/8 in
A punk rocker with leather studded cuffs, a leather choker, crucifix earrings, and green dyed hair looks directly at the viewer. The background of the image is filled with vibrantly colored shapes and lines, radiating out in waves from the rocker’s wild hair. Three questions surround the youth: “Who are we?,” “Where are we going?,” and “From where?”; the only text without a question mark is simply the word “Where,” which is positioned at the bottom right of the composition. The flurry of shapes and colors in conjunction with the questioning text represents the new youth movement of civil rights actitvism and the search for a new identity in the period after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Accession Number: 2009.053.185
Item Name: Painting
Credit Line: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris
Collection/Series: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris