To capture the heroes and victims of Thatcherism and globalization, Griffin invented a new photographic style, Capitalist Realism,
parodying Socialist Realism.
Not exact matches
Ham - handed communist propaganda is easy to
parody (I once heard
socialist realism described as «Boy meets girl and they work together on tractor»).
The exhibition was mockingly titled «Capitalist
Realism», a dig at the
Socialist Realism that was then the official art of the Soviet Union, whilst also
parodying the consumer - driven «doctrine» of Western capitalism.