Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, much of the vast empire’s public art—or propaganda—has perished as well. Socialist Realism was the dominant style of the day—that is, art that bolstered the socialist message by glorifying the proletariat and celebrating civic triumphs as photographed by SovietMosaics.
Hardworking men and women of heroic proportions were depicted on posters and in brightly colored mosaics on the walls of factories, schools, and bus stations. Bold reminders of a very different time, the mosaics that remain are mostly crumbling, slowly being reduced to rubble in failing industrial districts and on the sides of abandoned buildings. h/t: (architecturaldigest)
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia added a new photo.
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia added a new photo.
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia updated their cover photo.
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
მოზაიკა საბავშვო ბაღში წერეთლის გამზირზე mosaic in Kindergarten on Tsereteli avenue
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
მოზაიკა რუსთავში Mosaic in Rustavi (c) TAm Oonz
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
მოზაიკა მარტვილის რაიონში / Mosaic in Martvili (c) Porci FY
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
ზურაბ წერეთლის მოზაიკა ბორჯომის პარკში / Mosaic By Z. Tsereteli in Borjomi Park
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
მოზაიკა თბილისში, ტექნიკური უნივერსიტეტის მეტრო სადგურთან Mosaic in Tbilisi, near Technical University metro station (c) Gigi Guledani
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
ავტობუსის გაჩერება ქობულეთში / Bus stop in Kobuleti
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
ზესტაფონის ფეროშენადნობთა ქარხანა / Zestafoni Ferroalloy Plant
Soviet Mosaics in Georgia
გაჩერება გურჯაანში / Bus stop in Gurjaani