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Sozialer Realismus

Dieser Artikel bezeichnet die Kunstrichtung des sozialen Realismus. Nicht zu verwechseln mit der sozialistisch-ideologischen Kunstrichtung des sozialistischen Realismus oder dem Begriff Realsozialismus als Bezeichnung für verschiedene Gesellschaftssysteme.

Sozialer Realismus ist die Bezeichnung für Werke von Malern, Grafikern, Fotografen, Schriftstellern und Filmemachern, die darauf abzielen, auf die realen sozio-politischen Bedingungen der Arbeiterklasse aufmerksam machen, um die dahinter stehenden Machtstrukturen zu kritisieren.^[1]

Der Begriff wird manchmal im engeren Sinne für eine Kunstbewegung verwendet, die zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen als Reaktion auf die Nöte und Probleme des einfachen Volkes nach dem großen Zusammenbruch aufblühte. Um ihre Kunst einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen, wandten sich die Künstler realistischen Darstellungen von anonymen Arbeitern sowie Prominenten als heroischen Symbolen der Stärke im Angesicht des Unglücks zu. Die Künstler verfolgten damit ein politisches Ziel, denn sie wollten die sich

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Socialist Realism – Art and Culture in Socialism

“I turned into the zero point of form and from nothing I came to creation, that is, to Suprematism, to the new realism in painting – to non-representational creation.”[1] With these words the Russian painter Kazimir Malevich described his in 1916 Process from Futurism and Cubism to Suprematism. A modern art form in Russia that lasted until the 1930s and is considered one of the most important abstract art movements.

Art and culture should undoubtedly be associated with creative freedom and development for both recipients and creators, and should not be able to experience any limitations.

However, this was and is not the case everywhere in the world. Art movements, styles and phases have always been shaped by socio-cultural, political and economic circumstances. Censorship through political influences often led to completely new artistic expressions. But what happens when a state intervenes in the entire art and cultural world of a country? When all painters, writers, architects, musicians, etc. have

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Socialist realism

Soviet style of realistic art depicting communist values

Not to be confused with social realism or real socialism.

Socialist realism was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union that mandated an idealized representation of life under socialism in literature and the visual arts. The doctrine was first proclaimed by the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934 as approved method for Soviet cultural production in all media.^[1] In the aftermath of World War II, socialist realism was adopted by the communist states that were politically aligned with the Soviet Union.^[2] The primary official objective of socialist realism was "to depict reality in its revolutionary development" although no formal guidelines concerning style or subject matter were provided.^[1]

It was usually characterized by unambiguous narratives or iconography relating to the Marxist–Leninist ideology, such as the emancipation of the proletariat.^[3] Despite its name, the figures in the style are very often highly idealized, especially in sculpt