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 the queen of a gas station, a tiger tamer, or a student slowly undressing while reading a synopsis in Leonid Gaidai's film novella "Obsession".

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

For new meetings.

Cafe "Assol".

New Year's Eve at the Weeping Willow.

Careful, snowman.

The driver! Don't get distracted.

Hold on, soldier.

Barbershop.

Drunkenness fight!

Sit down, 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.

I worked hard, have a cultural rest!

Scarf, scooter, girl.