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Lost Ideals of Happy Childhood

Print
2000 (printed)
Artist/Maker

Timur Novikov founded and led the 'New Academicians' movement that dominated the St Petersburg art scene in the 1990s. In his series 'Lost Ideals of Happy Childhood', from which this print comes, Socialist Realist statuary idealising Soviet childhood is ironically framed with baroque and neo-classical ornament from Russia's imperial past.


Object details

Object type
TitleLost Ideals of Happy Childhood (series title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph in brown ink on cream paper
Brief description
Print from the series 'Lost Ideals of Happy Childhood'. Timur Novikov, 2000.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.8cm
  • Width: 53.9cm
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signature (Bottom left in pencil)
  • 2000 (Dated bottom right in pencil)
  • TIMUR NOVIKOV / ST. PETERSBURG / (812) 272-82-22 (Artist's stamp in ink on the back)
  • 55/75 (Numbered in pencil on the back)
Gallery label
The New Academicians of Saint Petersburg rejected the avant-garde and embraced Russia’s historical past with a mixture of irony and nostalgia. In the series Lost Ideals of Happy Childhood the group’s founder Timur Novikov framed socialist realist monuments to the Young Pioneers (Soviet boy scouts) in borders of sumptuous imperial ornament. (22/10/2016)
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Timur Novikov founded and led the 'New Academicians' movement that dominated the St Petersburg art scene in the 1990s. In his series 'Lost Ideals of Happy Childhood', from which this print comes, Socialist Realist statuary idealising Soviet childhood is ironically framed with baroque and neo-classical ornament from Russia's imperial past.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.2088-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
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