How everything started
Title
How everything started
Description
"The theme of the poster is the approachability and accessibility of bureaucratic leaders. It tackles this subject with a great sense of humor. God, depicted in the image of an organization head, tells an angel in the image of a secretary, “Say, ‘There is no God!’” because he does not want to be disrupted while watching an ice hockey game. The cartoon headline “How everything started” hints
at what could be the roots of atheism."
at what could be the roots of atheism."
Creator
Valk, G.
Date
1968
Source
Rutgers
Relation
Rights
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
Publisher
Rutgers
Contributor
Rutgers
Format
Medium: Poster
Language
Russian
Type
Artwork
Identifier
Art, Satire, Cartoons, Posters, Bureaucracy, Atheism, Religion
Coverage
Russia
Files
Reference
Valk, G., How everything started, Rutgers, 1968
Cite As
Valk, G., “How everything started,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 18, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/457.