New show by pop art pioneer Boris Orlov looks to past

Soviet pop art pioneer Boris Orlov’s latest project about the lack of heroic imagery in post-Soviet Russia opens at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery today.

The exhibition, Phantom-Limb Pains, looks at the Soviet era as a time of creativity with a sense of nostalgia about this period and the country’s position as a superpower. The project comes in two parts, Ruthless Kronos and Restoration Experiences, both of which try to define the meaning of heroism today.

Orlov is best known for being one of the key figures in sots art, often referred to as Soviet pop art, which emerged as a reaction to the doctrine of socialist realism. The exhibition runs until 23 June.