Original artwork description:

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About the artwork
This is an oil painting on the found soviet-era portrait of Lenin.
A special place in my work is occupied by a series of artworks in which I reinterpret iconic symbols of the USSR, including modified pre-existing soviet-era portraits of Lenin and other Soviet leaders. In that project, I try to overcome the traumatic historical experience of Ukraine by transforming the sinister shards of the USSR into something funny and not scary. As a result of redefining these soviet portraits, I erase the propaganda and ideological meanings of the image while endowing it with decorative qualities.
For many Ukrainians, Lenin is a dictator and murderer who initiated an occupation of our country in 1917-1921 and killed millions during the genocide of Ukrainians in 1921–1923. From that time until 1991, Ukraine wasn't free.
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.

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Materials used:

Oil on Canvas

Tags:

#abstract #pink #kitsch #history #naive #naive art #dictator #lenin #polka dots #ussr #famous person #old portrait