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This contemporary artwork is made of the found original soviet porcelain bust of Stalin and decorated with oil paint.

As a result of this artistic gesture, the artist erases the propaganda and ideological meanings of the image, at the same time endowing it with decorative qualities.
However, with all the fun of this manipulation, the sculpture acquires new meanings, an antonymous combination of play and seriousness, prompting the viewer to go beyond the accepted paradigm.

In 2015 the Ukrainian government banned all symbols and images associated with the USSR. But numerous oil portraits, sculptures, monuments, and other images of USSR leaders began to be removed from public places decades before the "decommunization laws". What happened to the hundreds of thousands of portraits of former Soviet leaders? Many of them are already destroyed. Some of them had been left in attics or basements. Oleksandr is looking for all these forgotten things and giving them a new life and new artistic content.

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Materials used:

Oil on Ceramic

Tags:
#history #porcelain #kitsch #polka dots #bust #ussr #metamodernism #found object #dictator #eccentric #communism #sotsart #famous person 
Disguised Evil (Stalin) (2021)
Mixed-media sculpture
by Oleksandr Balbyshev

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FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. The price includes DHL Express worldwide shipping.
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This contemporary artwork is made of the found original soviet porcelain bust of Stalin and decorated with oil paint.

As a result of this artistic gesture, the artist erases the propaganda and ideological meanings of the image, at the same time endowing it with decorative qualities.
However, with all the fun of this manipulation, the sculpture acquires new meanings, an antonymous combination of play and seriousness, prompting the viewer to go beyond the accepted paradigm.

In 2015 the Ukrainian government banned all symbols and images associated with the USSR. But numerous oil portraits, sculptures, monuments, and other images of USSR leaders began to be removed from public places decades before the "decommunization laws". What happened to the hundreds of thousands of portraits of former Soviet leaders? Many of them are already destroyed. Some of them had been left in attics or basements. Oleksandr is looking for all these forgotten things and giving them a new life and new artistic content.

PLEASE NOTE The buyer will be responsible for paying international customs fees, determined by the country the artwork is being shipped to. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to making a purchase.

Materials used:

Oil on Ceramic

Tags:
#history #porcelain #kitsch #polka dots #bust #ussr #metamodernism #found object #dictator #eccentric #communism #sotsart #famous person 

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Oleksandr Balbyshev was born in 1985 in Ukraine, one of the biggest Soviet Republics. After graduating from The Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2012, he was... Read more

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