Soviet metro stations /
Christopher Herwig, Owen Hatherley ; [edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell].

Description

Main Author

Herwig, Christopher

Related Names

Sorrell, Stephen, editor.
Murray, Damon, editor.
Hatherley, Owen, writer of added text.

Language(s)

English

Published

©2019
London : Martin & Sorrell FUEL Ltd, 2019.

Subjects

Herwig, Christopher.
unmediated > unmediated / n.
text > text / txt.
volume > volume / nc.
Untergrundbahnstation
Fotografie
Subways.
Photography, Artistic.
Architectural photography.
Subway stations.
Buildings.
21.40 photographic art: general.
art photography.
Métros > Métros / Ex-URSS > Métros / Ex-URSS / Ouvrages illustrés.
Métros > Métros / Russie > Métros / Russie / Ouvrages illustrés.
Stations de métro > Stations de métro / Ex-URSS > Stations de métro / Ex-URSS / Ouvrages illustrés.
Stations de métro > Stations de métro / Russie > Stations de métro / Russie / Ouvrages illustrés.
Stations de métro > Stations de métro / URSS > Stations de métro / URSS / Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie d'architecture.
Subways > Subways / Former Soviet republics > Subways / Former Soviet republics / Pictorial works.
Subways > Subways / Russia (Federation) > Subways / Russia (Federation) / Pictorial works.
Subway stations > Subway stations / Former Soviet republics > Subway stations / Former Soviet republics / Pictorial works.
Subway stations > Subway stations / Russia (Federation) > Subway stations / Russia (Federation) / Pictorial works.
Subway stations > Subway stations / Soviet Union > Subway stations / Soviet Union / Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Architectural photography.
Sowjetunion
Soviet Union > Soviet Union / Former Soviet republics.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
Former Soviet republics > Former Soviet republics / Buildings, structures, etc. > Former Soviet republics / Buildings, structures, etc. / Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.
Illustrated works.
Photobooks.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Photobooks.
illustrated books.
photobooks.

Summary

For us, said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, there was something supernatural about the Metro. Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s, it is easy to see why. Rather than the straightforward systems of London, Paris or New York, these networks were used as a propaganda artwork, a fusion of sculpture, architecture and art that combined Byzantine, medieval, baroque and constructivist ideas and infused them with the notion that communism would mean a 'communal luxury' for all. Today these astonishing spaces remain the closest realization of a Soviet utopia. Following his bestselling quest for 'Soviet Bus Stops', Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig has completed a subterranean expedition photographing the stations of each Metro network of the former USSR. From extreme marble and chandelier opulence to brutal futuristic minimalist glory, 'Soviet Metro Stations' documents this wealth of diverse architecture. Along the way Herwig captures the elements that make up this singular Soviet experience: neon, concrete, escalators, signage, mosaics and relief sculptures all combine to build a vivid map of the Soviet Metro. 'Soviet Metro Stations' includes an essay by the leading architectural and political writer Owen Hatherley, author of the acclaimed books Landscapes of Communism (2015), Trans-Europe Express (2018) and The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space.

Note

"Metro stations from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes essay: The heavens underground : the metro architecture of the Soviet Union, 1935-1995.

Physical Description

247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 x 21 cm

ISBN

0995745560
9780995745568

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