Contemporary Art

Documenting the Everyday

By Karl Cole and Robb Sandagata, posted on Mar 8, 2022

Victoria Lomasko documents everyday life in Russia through graphic illustrations, murals, and drawings. Her work draws on Russian traditions of Social Realism and documentary drawings executed during World War II (1939–1945) by people in detention camps and within the military. She often sheds light on aspects of Russian life that authorities would probably prefer no one sees—stories of political protests, exploited immigrants, and the poor.

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