famous graffiti writer Kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and President of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Erich Honecker He died in Berlin, German media reported on Monday.
Dmitri Vrubel (Moscow, 1960) was a Russian plastic artist whose most famous work was his graffiti on the Berlin Wall in the spring of 1991, shortly after its destruction, and has since become one of the main tourist attractions of the German capital.
It is located in the part of the wall known as ‘.East Side Gallery’, in the ancient east, the picture shows Brezhnev and Honecker kissing on the mouth with a caption that reads in German and Russian “Lord help me get rid of this deadly love“.
The mural, which was removed in 2009 as part of the restoration of the wall and later reproduced by the artist at the request of local authorities, Inspired by a photo showing two communist leaders celebrating 30 years of the GDR’s existencein 1979.
In 2001, Vrúbel and his wife, artist friend Victoria Timofeyeva, met with a Calendar with portraits of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Dubbed “Putin’s 12 Moods”, it unexpectedly became a bestseller in Russia.
A descendant of the pioneer of modernism, Mikhail Vrubel, the artist has lived in Berlin since 1990 and has been active in the ranks of the Pirate Party in recent years; He died of heart complications after contracting covid last Sunday at the age of 62.
Source: Informacion
