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The revolutionary lens: Andy Warhol’s Lenin series and the intersection of art, history and collecting
The simplicity of the image recalls Soviet-era posters — art meant to galvanize and indoctrinate. Yet, Warhol subverts this tradition by isolating Lenin from the ideological clutter of his legacy.
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Lenin's Critique of Global Capitalism
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) is best known for his role in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the founding of the Soviet Union. Lenin symbolized for many people the principles and ideas of the ...