View catalog record for David King's The Commissar vanishes (1997)
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4235073
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"In 1934 Rodchenko was commissioned by the State Publishing House OGIZ to design a commemorative album entitled 'Ten years of Uzbekistan' celebrating a decade of Soviet rule in that state. ... But in 1937, at the height of the Great Purges, Stalin ordered a major overhaul of the Uzbek leadership and many heads rolled. Many party bosses photographed in 'Ten years of Uzbekistan' had been liquidated. The album suddenly became illegal literature. Using thick black Indian ink Rodchenko set about defacing his own work. The macabre results, both brutal and terrifying, are to be seen here for the first time, and serve as the inspiration for the making of this book."--Introduction by David King.
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century. | Photography -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century. | Photographs -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union. | Photographs -- Censorship -- Soviet Union. | Uzbekistan -- Politics and government. | Russians -- Uzbekistan. | Campbell, Ken, 1939– -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
King, David, 1943– | Rodchenko, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich, 1891–1956. Ten years of Uzbekistan. | King, David, 1943– Commissar vanishes.
