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| Year of creation | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 36.8 W × 45.7 H × 20.3 D cm |
| Weight | 0.2 kg |
| Type of art | sculpture |
| Style | realism |
| Genre | portrait |
| Materials | Chamotte |
Description of the Artwork “Before the War Began”
This artwork is a found original soviet-era porcelain bust of Lenin decorated with oil paint. It is signed, titled, and dated on the bottom. Shipping Ships with EMS (Express Mail Service) worldwide. All works of art are carefully packed and can be tracked online. Original artworks and mounted prints are shipped in a wooden crate. Unmounted paintings and prints are shipped in a dent-resistant tube. Shipping times vary depending on the destination country but usually take between two and three weeks. Please allow for these up to 5 business days of preparation and packaging time before the artwork is shipped out. PLEASE NOTE: The buyer will be responsible for paying international customs fees, determined by the country in which 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. Certificate of Authenticity Each piece you purchase will come with a certificate of authenticity, a sign
Oleksandr Balbyshev, Ukraine
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 working in the sphere of architecture and design. But he was disappointed in the chosen field. So in 2016 he quit to become an artist. Oleksandr currently lives and works in Dnipro, Ukraine. Male sexuality and sensuality are the most important themes in Oleksandr’s art. But it's a means rather than an end in itself. Artist wants viewer to see the realm of ideas in faces and bodies not only a realistic image of a human. He tries to combine in his paintings realities, as visions of worlds within worlds. They show us an image of ourselves, and also hint that there is more to us than we know. Another important part of Oleksandr’s art is to modify old Soviet-era portraits of Lenin. In 2015 the Ukrainian government banned all symbols and images associated with the USSR. But numerous oil portraits, sculptures, monuments and other images of Lenin began to be removed from public places decades before the "decommunization laws". What happened to the hundreds of thousands portraits of former Soviet leader? 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. His paintings are in private collections in USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Thailand, Australia, Mexico and Ukraine.