Valery Barykin's faux Soviet pin-ups

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Valery Barykin is a contemporary Russian artist who blends the Soviet era propaganda poster style with Western pinup art from the same period. He says it was from his time in the Soviet Army when he was exposed to both Soviet propaganda posters and Western pin-ups. He blends the two, sometimes as a montage sometimes redrawn, to create his works. In fact, I recognize the one immediately below of the woman in a low cut blouse serving hotdogs as a piece of American art that he repainted.

The information and images are from a post at Все интересное в искусстве и не только (Everything is interesting in art and not only). It has more samples of his work. 

Valery Barykin

Nu Pinups

Valery Barykin

Doronina Tatiana

These pictures are the work of two contemporary Russian artists, Valery Barykin and Doronina Tatiana. 

What I find interesting is that while some Western artists have drawn stylistic inspiration from old Soviet propaganda posters, these pictures show Russian artists who are drawing inspiration from once forbidden Western pinups. 

There are more samples after the jump, and you can click on their name's above to see even more. Also, click on any of them for a larger view.

Valery Barykin

Doronina Tatiana