Subaquatic Swimming Troops
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Subaquatic Swimming Troops is a 2002 by Olga Florenskaya, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The title of this print is Subaquatic Swimming Troops. It's part of a project that uses satire to comment on Russia's history. The project includes made-up military units and flags, which is an interesting way to critique the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. You can learn more about this kind of art by looking at the work of Florenskaya, Olga.
A landscape-format print from Olga Florenskaya’s 2002 project "Russian Trophy" shows a side view of a fish against a green background, accompanied by text in both Russian and English. The sheet is numbered, signed, and dated in pencil at the lower right, with a blind stamp from the Hand Print Workshop.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Olga Florenskaya’s prints from 2002 turn Cold War fears into bold, graphic shapes.
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