Item Summary

Description provided by artist:

"May 15. “Mausoleum.” Still Kherson, still Ukraine, on no matter what day since the beginning of the war. “Useful idiots”, supported by the Russian military, announced the introduction of the Russian ruble into circulation from the beginning of May and the accession of Kherson Region to the Russian Federation in the future. Half of May is already over. I still don't know what the Russian ruble looks like. Not only local residents, but also the Russian military, continue to buy food from local entrepreneurs for Ukrainian hryvnia. The Storyteller loves history, but it is becoming more and more unsettling for him. Potential scapegoat candidates may turn out to be smarter and the Mausoleum will then turn out to be completely different from what he wanted it to be. “Useful idiots” can become useless at any moment. Or are they not that stupid after all?"

Photography, digital art, mixed technique.

Descriptive Information

Title
The Mausoleum
Sort Title
mausoleum
Creator of work
Ray, Mikhail
Language
English
Date Created
2022
Format
Photographs
Series
The Storyteller: War Diary of Mikhail Ray
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Artists
Arts
Politics and government
War
Geographic Subject
Ukraine
Geographic Origin
Ukraine

Physical Characteristics

Height
90
Width
64
Page Count
1
File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Ukrainian Art in Times of War: 2014-
Box number
Digital Box 01
Folder number
Ray_16
Barcode
000000000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/21adc890-51dd-45c4-8626-033887f660fa/manifest