The Museum of Socialist Art: Bulgaria’s De-facto Museum of Communist History
The museum's location can reveal a great deal about the image it wants to present: prestigious sites such as Fifth Avenue suggest that the collection is highly established. A beautiful location near the trade galleries connects the museum in a youthful, modern way. Then there is the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is built between the DMV's Bulgarian equivalent, communist-era monuments, and a modern office building decorated with name of large pharmacy company. The location is appropriate-Bulgaria's only museum dedicated to the display of works of socialist realism is literally caught between the communist past and the capitalist situation. The Museum of Socialist Art is divided into two parts. The interior exhibition space features a mix of socialist realist works on canvas, and propaganda from Bulgaria and other communist countries. Outside, a large sculpture park displays Communist-era statues from across the country. During the comm...
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