Item Summary

Holiday in the City critically examines historical representation and the reception of visual propaganda across time.

Today, similar visual tropes persist in commemorative displays, albeit through contemporary materials. Shop windows in central Minsk present a fragmented reconstruction of the past, combining Soviet symbols, St. George ribbons, medals and stamps with plastic flowers, mannequins, and household items. This juxtaposition reveals a dissonant visual language, where memory is mediated through commercial spectacle.

Descriptive Information

Title
Holiday in the City - 1-19
Sort Title
holiday in the city - 1-19
Creator of work
Liankevich, Andrei
Language
Belarusian
English
Date Created
2011
Format
Photographs
Series
Goodbye, Motherland
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Photography
Economics
Advertising
Politics and government
Propaganda
War
Geographic Subject
Belarus
Geographic Origin
Belarus

Physical Characteristics

Height
60
Width
60
Page Count
19
File Count
19

Institutional Information

Collection
The photography of Andrei Liankevich
Box number
Digital box #1
Folder number
329-347
Barcode
00000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/1008dcaf-66e7-4499-946f-8b4032cba224/manifest