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The Road to Freedom

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Description

"Sunflower-bordered roads always seem to me the roads to freedom" - I always felt deeply connected to the truth of that unpretentious quote from the book about American West pioneers written over a century ago. But in Feb 2022 this idea got the new dimension - sunflowers being the national flower of Ukraine. It was when I made the initial sketch of the work “The Road to Freedom” which took me more than a year to finish. Working on this piece, I was reminiscing about the beautiful countryside of my childhood summers back in the soviet 80-ies: the colorful abundant land, the friendly locals, and their language— though I struggled to understand it—had a musical charm that sparked made me want to learn it badly. I intentionally turned the somewhat stark original work into a quilt of sorts: by choosing a folk style, I aimed to capture the essence of not only creative expression of the people but also the cultural identity preservation I witnessed in the most former Soviet republics. Craft was more than just an outlet; it embodied the spirit of resistance and the preservation of national identity — the road to freedom.

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Contract: KT1Nva...jmHB
Token ID: 80

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