VISUAL ARTS; An Andy Warhol Approach to Lenin From: The Washington Post | Date: March 14, 1991| Author: | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

After 15 years of creating work under the watchful eye of the KGB and working secretly in his Moscow apartment, Soviet artist Alexander Shnurov has at last come out of hiding with a show at a little museum in Northwest Washington.

In "Thoughts on the Third Soviet Revolution" at the Fondo Del Sol on R Street NW, Shnurov, who emigrated from Moscow two years ago, turns official Soviet art on its head, transforming even V.I. Lenin into pop art.

On the gallery walls are a day-glo portrait of the leader of the Communist revolution, with fluorescent pink skin; life-sized wall hangings with Lenin ...

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