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Maker: Parshikov, M.

Let’s Dance?

Date Made: 1990
Country: Soviet Union

Measurements: 60 cm x 90 cm; 23 5/8 in x 35 7/16 in

Description

This image of a cartoon accordion made up of two halves of a black and white photo of Mikhail Gorbachev’s face surrounds the bellows showing four dancing cartoon characters, three women in low cut tops with their skirts blown up and one man entirely made of red with yellow stars, a reference to Communist Party symbols. Gorbachev’s introduction of glasnost and perestroika led to a loosening of restrictions on censorship and ideas that went far beyond what Gorbachev had originally intended; thus, this image of him being played like an accordion refers to the era of Gorbachev’s reforms when the Soviet population took their freedoms and ran with them.

Accession Number: 2009.053.193

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
Exhibition History

• Crumbling Empire

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