Diptych

Yaroslava Kellermann

Diptych (2017)Vitreous enamel (cloisonné technique), silver, brass, copper, acrylic paint, gilding, varnish, woodA recent survey in Russia has shown that Joseph Stalin remains the most popular personality (46 % in 2017, 42 % in 2012) followed by Vladimir Putin (34 % in 2017, 22 % in 2012) and Vladimir Lenin (32 % in 2017, 37 % in 2012)*.

The situation in Ukraine looks slightly better, but still Stalin gets 31% of sympathy, Lenin 25 % **. Such substantial numbers of respondents sympathizing with these gentlemen are alarming - regardless of whether they result from Stockholm syndrome, the longing for a strong leader or imperialistic aspirations.

My project addresses the outcome of these surveys and poses the question if a personality cult could be established nowadays and to what consequences it could lead. * data of the Analytical Center of Yuriy Levada (February and June 2017)** data of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Sociological Group Rating (2016)

Yaroslava Kellermann was born in Ukraine. After the graduation in Slavic Philology (MA, Kyiv, 2006) and Strategic Management (MBA, Warsaw-Viterbo, 2012) rediscovered her passion for jewellery design. Having begun with loomed necklaces gradually passed to resin and vitreous (cloisonné) enamel, which she has been mastering since June 2015. Participant of group exhibitions dedicated to enamel art in Italy, Germany, France, UK, Lithuania etc.

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