Research Catalog

Title

Soviet metro stations / Christopher Herwig, Owen Hatherley ; [edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell].

Author

Herwig, Christopher

Publication

• London : Martin & Sorrell FUEL Ltd, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hatherley, Owen
• Murray, Damon
• Sorrell, Stephen

Description

247 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 17 x 21 cm

Summary

For us, said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, there was something supernatural about the Metro. Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s, it is easy to see why. Rather than the straightforward systems of London, Paris or New York, these networks were used as a propaganda artwork, a fusion of sculpture, architecture and art that combined Byzantine, medieval, baroque and constructivist ideas and infused them with the notion that communism would mean a 'communal luxury' for all. Today these astonishing spaces remain the closest realization of a Soviet utopia. Following his bestselling quest for 'Soviet Bus Stops', Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig has completed a subterranean expedition photographing the stations of each Metro network of the former USSR. From extreme marble and chandelier opulence to brutal futuristic minimalist glory, 'Soviet Metro Stations' documents this wealth of diverse architecture. Along the way Herwig captures the elements that make up this singular Soviet experience: neon, concrete, escalators, signage, mosaics and relief sculptures all combine to build a vivid map of the Soviet Metro. 'Soviet Metro Stations' includes an essay by the leading architectural and political writer Owen Hatherley, author of the acclaimed books Landscapes of Communism (2015), Trans-Europe Express (2018) and The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• Stant͡sii sovetskogo metro

Subjects

• Subways
• Soviet Union > Former Soviet republics
• Herwig, Christopher
• Subways > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works
• Russia (Federation)
• Photography, Artistic
• Pictorial works
• Subways > Former Soviet republics > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Call Number

JQD 19-355

ISBN

• 9780995745568
• 0995745560

OCLC

1105589506

Author

Herwig, Christopher, photographer.

Title

Soviet metro stations / Christopher Herwig, Owen Hatherley ; [edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell].

Publisher

London : Martin & Sorrell FUEL Ltd, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Hatherley, Owen, author.

Murray, Damon, editor.

Sorrell, Stephen, editor.

Cover Title

Stant͡sii sovetskogo metro

Research Call Number

JQD 19-355