Welcome to my childhood

[lapsedmodernist]

THE LUCKY ARE BORN UNDER THE SOVIET STAR

NEVER LIE

IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE THIS, TRAIN!

TALENT HITS THE ROAD vs. ALL ROADS OPEN TO TALENT

OUR CHILDREN SHOULDN'T SUFFER FROM DIARRHEAS (sic)

MALE STRENGTH--TO HELP WOMEN!

WE PUT MONEY IN THE BANK ACCOUNT AND BOUGHT A BIKE!

REMEMBER THE WHEELS!

DON'T REST ON THE RAILS!

HAVE YOU TAKEN CARE OF THE BREASTS?

A GOSSIP IS A GOLDMINE FOR THE ENEMY

FIELD WORK DOES NOT WAIT

BREASTFEED THE CHILD

Comments

[ersatz-life.livejournal.com]

pseudo related... my step-mother is in "la leche league" and is super big into pro breast feeding stuff. she would find a few of these amusing/ awesome... would you mind if i emailed her the images?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

of course not, go ahead.

[slit.livejournal.com]

These are brilliant. What year are they from? (And what does "don't rest on the rails" mean?)

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

they are from various decades...some are from the 20s/30s...some are later, like 50s and 60s...there isn't much historical development or artistic growth per se in social realism...
uh, don't rest on the rails means just that...the rails aren't a good place to sit and relax...hence the surreality.

you will find many, many more here...let me know if you want any particular translations
http://www.plakat.ru/Catalog/cat1.htm

[wouldprefernot2.livejournal.com]

#2 is so oedipal it isn't funny. No wait, it's still funny.

And one should always take care of the breasts. I don't need a poster to remind me of that, but if I were in charge of the Department of Posters, I would make sure the word got out.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

perhaps you can take this poster and Pass It Forward.

[flynngrrl.livejournal.com]

Were these still around when you were growing up, or was this just a general bakground which produced the adults of yesteryear... who then passed this strangeness on to you?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

oh they were around...or others like them were around...in doctors offices, kindergardens and the like.

[klingrap.livejournal.com]

Where can I get prints of these? I knew there was something missing from my living room.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

plakat.ru
I don't know how international orders go, but I am sure it's a possibility. Or you can just blow them up in photoshop and print them...the resolution might be crappy, though.

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

These are LOVELY. But... how is one supposed to take care of the breasts? And... and... and... if male strength is to help women, what are those dice about and... and... oooo the second to last one, the second to last one! An empire of anthropologists!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

yeah, I know, it think it's a SIGN that this came to me before I am about to embark on MY fieldwork.

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kinda thought that too. You're leaving Saturday, right?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

gah. yes. Chair just took me out for coffee & cake and a pep talk.

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

Cake AND a pep talk? I'm jealous!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

AND a cappuccino!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

yeah, the dice are kind of really inexplicable...unless...they are a "critique"
like, men, what are you doing screwing off and playing dice?! go help women!

[seltix.livejournal.com]

is it dice or is it dominoes? because dominoes would most certainly make more sense.


ummmm...

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

I think you're right, it's a domino. Now THAT explains everything!

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

I believe that REMEMBER THE WHEELS is a reminder to refrain from resting on the tracks.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

TALENT HITS THE ROAD vs. ALL ROADS OPEN TO TALENT


see my reply to lolaraincoat

oh the beauty! the beauty! of social(ist) realism

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

But what does "TALENT HITS THE ROAD vs. ALL ROADS OPEN TO TALENT" mean?

Re: oh the beauty! the beauty! of social(ist) realism

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

well, the literal translation is "the road of talent" on the left and "roads to talent!" meaning...ok, the left part of the picture represents the Dickensonian West, where a boy cannot develop his potential as a a musician but is doomed instead to wander dark rainy streets while a whiskey bar glows seedily in the background, but in Soviet Russia talent is cultivated and the boy is happy and playing his violin and can afford a watch. I actually have that one in my living room. It's awesome.

Re: oh the beauty! the beauty! of social(ist) realism

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

Oooo I love it!

artbot

[artbothuh.livejournal.com]

artbot

Re: artbot

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

artbot, huh?

[seltix.livejournal.com]

about those gay boys who bought bikes - was that a joint account, or separate accounts? i mean, how progressive was the soviet union when it came to domestic partnership/gay rights?

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

You made me spit my tea. Bad Seltix.

the elephant in the middle of the room

[mjmj.livejournal.com]

if no one else will say anything, i have to: while you were developing your sense of the absurd, your father had to come home each day and giggle in delight at seeing your cherubic face.

Re: the elephant in the middle of the room

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

awwww.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

do you mean kind of like this one?

Holy hottness!

[universaldonor.livejournal.com]

Damn. That poster is.... Oh my god. The planes? Or are they birds? The hug! The kiss! The rifle!

I need a very big copy of that image.

Re: Holy hottness!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

plakat.ru
the link to the catalogue is in one of the replies above.