A CASE STUDY. AFTER THE VICTORY: A PAINTING BY MILO MILUNOVIC WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIALIST REALISM

Abstract

The opus of Milo Milunovic created during socialist realism (1945-1950) consists of three types of artistic works: a) propaganda posters; b) mosaics and murals; c) several lesser known paintings, two of which are the subject of this paper. These are a large format painting entitled For Victory (after the Victory. The end of the War) and a somewhat more chamber-like piece entitled composition with Piano. Created during the same period as his transparent political compositions, these paintings bring semantic and ideological confusion into the very core of the political ideals of social realism and its purposeful narrative.