Red Series (1968-1975)
The red color in the Soviet Union had a leading, almost sacred meaning: it was the color of the flag and banners at festive demonstrations, an important visual accent in photography and art. The word ‘red’ in names or definitions actually meant ‘belonging to the communist’ and therefore ideologically correct.
In the ‘Red Series’, color deliberately migrates from one image to another, changing the tone of the narrative from solemn to everyday: from a poster on a political platform to inflammation on the skin, from serious labor veterans to red lipstick and pedicures in casual scenes. Thus, on the one hand, the sanctity of one of the symbols of communism is leveled, and on the other hand, the red color seems to seep into the smallest cracks, allowing metastases of a totalitarian society into private life and interpersonal communication.
