In “Socialist Realism,” Trisha Low presents a 157-page stream-of-consciousness essay that addresses countless topics, both big and small, but lacks many significant conclusions. Low’s commentary is ...

A sardonic view of Popular Unity, the left-wing alliance once led by the Chilean socialist president Salvador Allende, Raul Ruiz’s docu-fiction hybrid, “Socialist Realism,” world premiered at the San ...

Kazakh villagers sit in the dark chewing over some astounding news from the town. Someone is coming to take away their only means of survival. “It is, what do you call it, a class struggle, you see,” ...

Socialist realism: the state as the author -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Alienation as a status: Ilya Kabakov and the Collective Actions Group -- Sots art: the Russian deconstructive force -- Aptart: ...