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Portrait of My Parents
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Iofin’s portrait of his parents, painted before his emigration from the Soviet Union, was a sly protest against Socialist Realism. He painted in the style but parodied it by overloading his picture…

Contributor:

Michael Iofin

Places:

St. Petersburg, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1984

Subjects:

Art, Social realism, Family, Holocaust, Memory

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Stylized portrait painting of man and woman sitting at a table facing forward cluttered with objects, fruits, animals, and papers, the woman resting her head on the man's shoulder as he holds a handful of papers, amid buildings in background.