Can't find either the title or the year of painting.
Skrepetsky (Семён Скрепецкий) was a Russian [I assume, amateur] artist who painted grotesque neo-primitivist caricatures of modern Russia, and built up a bit of a fame online. He has been shot and killed yesterday in Biała Podlaska, Poland, where he has lived since 2021.
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JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 27 pts · 48d
Seems to be titled either "The Birth of a Hero" or "Meat Grinder," with a date of about 2022-2023.
antonim@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 48d
Thank you, where did you find the info? I tried searching for "meat grinder" in Russian (мясорубка) with the artist's name but got no results.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 48d
Reverse Google-Image search, then applied translations. I don't remember specific sites, but it was a couple in Arabic that turned up those titles.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 48d
Im surprised this is considered amateur
antonim@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 48d
By that I simply mean he has no formal training, which TBH was just my assumption, he seems to be completely outside the formal artistic sphere, and his art is spread mainly online.
alleycat@feddit.org · 5 pts · 48d
Maybe amateur as in "doesn't get paid for their art"?
Jyrdano@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 48d
More likely as in “has no formal education in art”
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 48d
That would typically be called naïve art rather than amateur.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 48d
All artists are amateurs?
/I keed...
amlor@piefed.social · 3 pts · 48d
I would certainly associate his paintings with Naive art which can be both a result of lacking the formal educarion or a delibirate choice
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 48d
Without context, I would assume the work is stylized.
Axiochus@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 48d
Nice! Rest in piece, and may there be a hell specifically for people who commit such injustices.
One neat detail is that the "mince" comes out as St. Georg Ribbons.
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 47d
What injustices?
Axiochus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 47d
In this case, genocide, invasions, and the killing of civilians.
Etterra@discuss.online · 0 pts · 47d
Wait are you talking about the artist, Putin, or the little guy in the meat grinder? I am so confused.
errer@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 48d
Shot? More like fell on twelve bullets. Such a terrible accident, da?
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 47d
Such a weird murder. He had no huge support behind him nor he had political power to his name. Just a caricature-artist doing his thing and executing his freedom of speech rights expressed in his art.
I can name a few artists who are not as popular and also have left ruzzia due to their political stance that are alive and active.
Bemuses me why would anyone kill a small-community artists for his stance. Probably was killed by a disgruntled ruzzia fanatic, who somehow lives in Poland and is/was nearby.
antonim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 47d
He carried out some public performance or demonstration right before the murder, it could've been the "trigger" for the killer. AFAIK there's not much further info, the killer got away...
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 48d
YESTERDAY!?
antonim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 47d
Well, depending on where you live it could be two days ago already...
https://meduza.io/news/2026/06/15/v-polshe-ubit-hudozhnik-aktsionist-semen-skrepetskiy-on-risoval-karikatury-na-putina-lukashenko-i-navalnogo
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/762790-polityczna-egzekucja-w-polsce-sytuacja-jest-bardzo-powazna
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 48d
Damn life under a petrol state
errer@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 48d