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Friendship of Peoples pixel figure installation

Friendship of Peoples pixel figure installation
Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh). 2015 Sculpture by Moscow based designer Andrei Lublinsky. Friendship of Peoples pixel figure installation

Friendship of Peoples pixel figure installation

Created specifically for the international public art program “Friendship of Peoples” installation appeared at Moscow Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in summer of 2015. Its creator – designer and artist Andrei Lublinsky devoted his installation to the Soviet idea of internationalism. Actually, the 15 pixel figures just repeat the concept of world’s famous fountain “Friendship of Peoples” at VDNH. In particular, 15 pixel figures in the national costumes of the former Soviet republics performed in the style of eight-bit games, demonstrating the digital essence of visual communication. Meanwhile, restoring the Soviet mythology, Lublinsky adapts it to the present with the help of actual cultural codes.

Art project Friendship of peoples
Art project Friendship of peoples

Born in 1972, St. Petersburg, Andrei Lublinsky is a member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Designers of Russia. A graduate of the design faculty of the St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy named after Stieglitz, he is the author of notable public art projects. For example, the famous “red men”, established in Perm in the framework of the Perm cultural experiment, as well as dozens of other projects.

According to the artist himself, the project grew out of the hobby of Soviet toys, which he has been collecting for a long time. People in the national costumes of the union republics were popular in the USSR: painted on posters, in books and children’s magazines, and dolls produced in appropriate outfits. In addition, he regularly went to the flea market, and studied the encyclopedia “The Peoples of the Soviet Union.”

Friendship of Peoples pixel figure installation

15 pixel figures represent 15 Soviet republics of the former USSR
15 pixel figures represent 15 Soviet republics of the former USSR
According to the artist, the project grew out of the hobby of Soviet toys
According to the artist, the project grew out of the hobby of Soviet toys
Art installation by Andrei Lublinsky
Art installation by Andrei Lublinsky
Based on 'The Peoples of the Soviet Union' sculpture
Based on ‘The Peoples of the Soviet Union’ sculpture
Creation by Andrei Lyublinsky Pixel people
Creation by Andrei Lyublinsky Pixel people
Fountain at VDNKh Friendship of Peoples
Fountain at VDNKh Friendship of Peoples
Installed in summer 2015 one of the sculptures
Installed in summer 2015 one of the sculptures
Street sculpture by Andrei Lyublinsky
Street sculpture by Andrei Lyublinsky
Moscow, VDNKh. Sculpture representing peoples of the USSR
Moscow, VDNKh. Sculpture representing peoples of the USSR
One of the 15 figures in national costume
One of the 15 figures in national costume
People in the national costumes, art project
People in the national costumes, art project
Pixel figures representing Soviet people in national costumes
Pixel figures representing Soviet people in national costumes
Public art project Friendship of peoples
Public art project Friendship of peoples
Representing one of the republics of the USSR Pixel man
Representing one of the republics of the USSR Pixel man
Sculpture at VDNKh
Sculpture at VDNKh
Soviet republics. Dolls in national costumes
Soviet republics. Dolls in national costumes. Photo source Mylitta.ru
Wearing folk costumes pixel figures
Wearing folk costumes pixel figures
Work by Moscow based designer Andrei Lublinsky
Work by Moscow based designer Andrei Lublinsky

sources

facebook.com/andrey.lublinsky
vk.com/monumentguid