Erik Bulatov, a pillar of Russia’s contemporary art scene known for works mocking Soviet propaganda, has died in Paris at the age of 92, the Russian Academy of Fine Arts told AFP Monday.

Bulatov was best known as one of the creators of the Sots Art movement that made use of Soviet slogans and shot him to fame in the final years of the USSR.

“One of the founders of Moscow conceptualism and Sots-Art passed away on Sunday in Paris, as confirmed by his wife,” an academy spokesperson told AFP.

Bulatov’s ironic works contrasted with the serious and dogmatic state-approved art in the Soviet Union.

His most famous work is dubbed Glory to the CSPU — the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — written in large red letters on the backdrop of a clear blue sky.

It was auctioned off in London for $2.

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