Soviet pin-up posters by Valery Barykin

The project of the artist Valery Barykin "Soviet pin-up" is, first of all, retro, not burdened with criticism of the regime or cultural values. Barykin works with the original tradition of Soviet eroticism, which, if you look closely, is not so far from the American or, say, Italian. Think of a gas station queen, a tiger tamer, or a student slowly undressing while reading a synopsis in Leonid Gaidai's film novella " Obsession."

The world of Barykin, in fact, resembles the comedies of Gaidai. Saturating the work with a mass of everyday details, the artist immerses the viewer in the idyllic Soviet timelessness, where a life-affirming song performed by Muslim Magomayev pours from a transistor receiver. A non-drinking driver, quite realistic, proudly presents a salary to his beautiful wife, and a slender stewardess offers passengers of Aeroflot to taste eclairs with butter cream, which should be washed down with Duchess lemonade.

For new meetings.

Cafe "Assol".

New Year's Eve at the Weeping Willow.

Careful, snowman.

Driver! Don't get distracted.

Hold on, soldier.

Barbershop.

Drunkenness fight!

Get in, I'll give you a ride."

Date.

Solar roofs.

Shooting training.

Three plus two.

The hockey player is a gentleman.

M-Video.

M-Video.

At the resort.

Shock work, cultural rest!

Scarf, scooter, girl.