Happiness is a Kitschy Mosaic

Posted: December 20th, 2011 | Author: artintolife | Filed under: art, design | Tags: architecture, art, decorating, design, economy, modernism, politics, popular culture, public art, public spaces, russian art, street art

After the succession of the posts on Soviet bus stops and then on the aesthetics of visions of the future, what follows logically is one of my favorite places in the world: the Moscow Metro. I couldn’t resist attaching 40 pictures, so this is going to be a two part post, with pictures today and discussion tomorrow. Each station has its own style — they are listed in no particular order.  Enjoy.

Novokuznetskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya Station

Park Pobedy Station

Kievskaya Station

Smolenskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station

VDNKh Station

Park Kultury Station

Ploshchad Revolyutsii Station

Prospekt Mira Station

Taganskaya Station

Paveletskaya Station

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