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Art in the Shadow of Extremism
April 5, 2011The Desert of Forbidden Art, airing Tuesday at 10PM on Independent Lens provides viewers with some of the art world’s best-kept secrets. Stalin consolidated his 1950's post-war power by declaring all modernist art “decadent” and “bourgeois.” Those caught practicing it were sent to the gulag, or executed. So archaeologist Igor Savitsky began his heroic…
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Paula Kerger Rings in Artists Month on Independent Lens
April 4, 2011PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger highlights the arts-stacked lineup on Independent Lens this April in celebration of Artists Month. Watch the video after the jump. Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens. Join Independent Lens to celebrate creativity and art throughout the month of April: Special Section: Marginalized Art -- explore…
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Independent Lens Celebrates Artists Month
April 1, 2011A special interactive section on marginalized art now available on the IL website. From street art to pre-punk beat literature; from Soviet censorship to the Third Reich’s condemnation of “degenerate art”; art from the underrepresented always seems to nudge culture to the edge of its comfort zone. Check out our galleries, quizzes, and video goodies on…
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The Desert of Forbidden Art Arrives in Los Angeles
March 18, 2011Coming to Independent Lens on April 5, The Desert of Forbidden Art opens in Los Angeles on Friday, March 18 at the Laemmle Theatres. The documentary by filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev tells the incredible story about a group of visionary Soviet-era artists and one man who risked his life to rescue their work. The art exhibited in the film was…
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The Desert of Forbidden Art Opens in New York
March 11, 2011Documentary on Russian Art will air April 5 on Independent Lens The Desert of Forbidden Art, by filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev tells the incredible story about a group of visionary Soviet-era artists and one man who risked his life to rescue their work. Coming to Independent Lens on April 5, the documentary has its theatrical release in New…