Die Kohlezeichnung, Poet IV, (2024) basiert auf dem Russendenkmal am Wiener Schwarzenbergplatz und dem Portrait von Velimir Khlebnikov (1921) des ukrainischen Künstlers Borys Kosarev. In den verschiedenen Werken aus der Poet-Reihe (seit 2021) hat Nikita Kadan die Gesichter sozialistisch- realistischer Denkmäler mit einigen weitgehend vergessenen Werken der ukrainischen Moderne kombiniert.

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Since the beginning of his career, Kadan has been investigating current social and political developments in Ukraine and their foundations, which often have their roots in the era of Soviet communism. His very latest charcoal drawing, Poet IV, (2024) is based on the Russian monument on Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna and the portrait of Velimir Khlebnikov (1921) by Ukrainian artist Borys Kosarev. In the various works from the Poet-series (since 2021), Nikita Kadan has combined the faces of socialist-realist monuments with some largely forgotten works of Ukrainian modernism.