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Often referred to as “Soviet Pop Art”,Sots Art orsoc art (Russian:Соц-арт, short for Socialist Art) originated in theSoviet Union in the early 1970s as a reaction against the official aesthetic doctrine of the state—socialist realism, which was marked by reverential depictions of workers, peasants living happily in their communes.
Vitaly Komar andAlexander Melamid are credited with the invention of the term "Sots Art"; in an analogy with the Westernpop art movement, which incorporated the kitchy elements of the Westernmass culture, sots art capitalized on the imagery of theSocialist mass culture.[1]
According toArthur Danto, Sots Art's attack on official styles is similar in intent to Americanpop art and Germancapitalist realism.[2]
