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Dot Lenin (2020)Mixed-media sculpture
by Oleksandr Balbyshev
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Original artwork description
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Due to the war, russia started against my country, the international delivery can take about two to three weeks.
About the artwork
This contemporary artwork is a modified soviet-era porcelain bust of Lenin.
For many Ukrainians who, like me, share Western values, Lenin is a dictator and murderer who initiated an occupation of my country in 1917-1921. From that time until 1991, Ukraine wasn't free.
Even now, like numerous old soviet-era propagandistic images of Lenin, the ghost of a monster country called the USSR is still here. Lenin's successor from the Kremlin tries to destroy an independent Ukraine and pull it into Moscow's deadly hug.
In my art project, I try to overcome my country's traumatic historical experience by transforming the USSR's sinister shards into something funny and not scary. I try to show that we can defeat even the strongest evil. But even in a case of a win, we must be alert to prevent the enemy from rising again.
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:
Steel Gazing Ball and Oil on Ceramic
Details:
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22 x 33.5 x 20cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#colorful#kitsch#history#spots#bust#communism#dictator#lenin#polka dots#ussr#soviet union#old portrait#sotsart#metamodernism
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Original artwork description
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Due to the war, russia started against my country, the international delivery can take about two to three weeks.
About the artwork
This contemporary artwork is a modified soviet-era porcelain bust of Lenin.
For many Ukrainians who, like me, share Western values, Lenin is a dictator and murderer who initiated an occupation of my country in 1917-1921. From that time until 1991, Ukraine wasn't free.
Even now, like numerous old soviet-era propagandistic images of Lenin, the ghost of a monster country called the USSR is still here. Lenin's successor from the Kremlin tries to destroy an independent Ukraine and pull it into Moscow's deadly hug.
In my art project, I try to overcome my country's traumatic historical experience by transforming the USSR's sinister shards into something funny and not scary. I try to show that we can defeat even the strongest evil. But even in a case of a win, we must be alert to prevent the enemy from rising again.
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:
Steel Gazing Ball and Oil on Ceramic
Details:
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22 x 33.5 x 20cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#colorful#kitsch#history#spots#bust#communism#dictator#lenin#polka dots#ussr#soviet union#old portrait#sotsart#metamodernism
Oleksandr Balbyshev
Ukraine
About
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