Andrei Molodkin | Putin Filled With Ukrainian Blood | Installation Shot

Artist Andrei Molodkin has produced a portrait of Vladimir Putin filled with blood as a protest against the invasion of Ukraine. The new work was done in collaboration with his Ukrainian friends and co-workers, who symbolically donated their blood before returning to their home country to fight. Since then, Molodkin has opened his doors at The Foundry to their wives and children fleeing the war. PUTIN FILLED UKRAINIAN BLOOD was on display at St John’s Church in London on Wednesday 16th March 2022. Texting from just outside Lviv, one of the men who donated their blood Oleksandr Turchynets, says - “I couldn’t stay. I had to come to protect my homeland. I gave my blood before I came to fight to show whose blood is being spilled at the hands of one man.” “I wanted to create the work as a show of solidarity. It’s the dream of any criminal regime to stop discussion so this is a time we can use art to give a clear message about war and who Putin really is. When I served in the Soviet army convoying missiles through freezing Siberia I understood that Government agendas are paid for by the blood of their citizens.” Andrei Molodkin Dedicating his life to deconstructing broken concepts of Democracy, Government and Imperialism, Molodkin has been on the receiving end of endless censorship. In 2009 he represented his country in the Russian pavilion of the 53rd Venice Biennale with ‘Le Rouge et Le Noir’ consisting of two figures of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, filled with the blood of Russian soldiers and Chechen oil. Speaking out about the Russian regime and oil politics, a scandal unfolded with the curator censoring the work the night before the public opening and prohibiting Molodkin from communicating with the press. More recently in 2021, his comment on American Imperialism in Washington D.C. was deemed too dangerous to exhibit and cancelled before going on display. #DissidentArt #RussiansAgainstPutin #AntiImperialism Follow us on Instagram | Subscribe to our newsletter | Subscribe to our channel | #Antifascism #Geopolitics #PoliticalArt #AntiAuthoritarian #RefugeesWelcome #NationalismIsaDisease #ImperialismKills #EuropeanPolitics #Decolonialize #RussiansAgainstWar #RussianArt #Censorship #ConceptualArt #AndreiMolodkin