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By Pavel Otdelnov

Monument

Painting
157 x 205 x 5 cm

£24,000.00
About the Artwork

This painting shows Lenin Square in my hometown, Dzerzhinsk, with the Palace of Pioneers behind it. I spent years in its clubs — especially Astronomy — where we pointed telescopes skyward but ended up staring at Lenin's bird-stained head. Monuments like his were everywhere: in textbooks, on classroom walls, in street names. Only later did I learn about the Red Terror he unleashed. The “kind” Lenin, with his creased eyes, was in fact brutal. I turned his head into a black vortex. His monuments don’t honour socialism — they mark a system that demanded, and still demands, human sacrifice.

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Details

Medium: Painting

Year: 2024

Size: 157 x 205 x 5 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

On the wall, usually with 2 big screws

Pavel Otdelnov

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pavel Otdelnov (b. 1979, Russia) is a London-based contemporary artist exploring industrial landscapes and Soviet history. He graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute. He has exhibited extensively since 1996, with solo shows at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2019) and Pushkin House in London (2022). He was a finalist for the Kandinsky Prize (2021) and was named Artist of the Year by the Cosmoscow Foundation (2020). His pieces are held in prominent collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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