2014 (Printed)
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Ivan Sotnikov was a founding member of the New Artists, one of the non-conformist groups of the early 1980s, later evolving into the New Academicians. Visually and thematically, his work has most affinity with the folkloric motifs and satirical mood of the Mitki group, with whom he also exhibited. This untitled print depicts the horrors of modern warfare in the style of a lubok (Russian folk print) or a child’s drawing and may be a comment on the unfolding crisis in Ukraine or the artist's reaction to his own terminal illness.
Object details
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| Brief description | Ivan Sotnikov Untitled 2014 Lithograph |
| Physical description | Rectangular image (landscape format) printed in black, soldiers running and firing automatic weapons or wielding knives on a battlefield strewn with body parts and abandoned weapons. |
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| Content description | Soldiers running and firing automatic weapons or wielding knives on a battlefield strewn with body parts and abandoned weapons. |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | 2014 г 12/52 И. Сотников (In pencil, below the image)
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| Gallery label | Ivan Sotnikov was involved with various non-conformist groups, including the New Academicians. He also exhibited with the Mitki and his work had most in common with their primitive style and satirical subjects. This untitled print depicts the horrors of modern warfare in the style of a lubok (Russian folk print) or a child’s drawing. It may be a comment on the unfolding crisis in Ukraine or the artist's reaction to the onset of his own terminal illness.(22/10/2016) |
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| Summary | Ivan Sotnikov was a founding member of the New Artists, one of the non-conformist groups of the early 1980s, later evolving into the New Academicians. Visually and thematically, his work has most affinity with the folkloric motifs and satirical mood of the Mitki group, with whom he also exhibited. This untitled print depicts the horrors of modern warfare in the style of a lubok (Russian folk print) or a child’s drawing and may be a comment on the unfolding crisis in Ukraine or the artist's reaction to his own terminal illness. |
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| Accession number | E.2660-2016 |
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| Record created | October 24, 2015 |
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