{"id":7737,"date":"2023-02-05T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T08:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlkold.com\/?p=7737"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:48:56","slug":"ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"A portrait for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The anger that I felt at this was soon replaced by a deep sadness at the unfolding humanitarian disaster. As an artist, I felt helpless. And aside from the usual things, like donating clothes, I did not know what I could do to help the people of Ukraine. In the spring I created a series of works with a unique Ukraine-inspired patina. The proceeds from their sale went directly to humanitarian aid organizations working in Ukraine. But this was not nearly enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By early summer I had resolved to make a bronze portrait of Volodymyr Zelenskiy that I would donate for sale at auction, with all the proceeds going to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine. I came across Ukrainian photographer Alexander Chekmenev<\/a>‘s striking photo of the President (which you can see below) and I asked for Alexander’s permission to use his photo as a starting point, which I am very thankful he gave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating this portrait was a long process. To be honest, it was a lot longer than I imaged when it all started. There was an added complexity in that the bronze ‘scales’ overlap, armour-like, and that no two (of over a thousand) are the same. The video at the bottom of this page shows a few glimpses of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The portrait of Volodymyr Zelenskiy is made of 1096 pieces of individually patinated bronze scales and measures 112 x 112 cm including the iron frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be sold by auction during 2023. All the money raised will be donated to: Red Cross Ukraine<\/a>, UNITED24<\/a> (medical aid) and Global Giving<\/a> to support humanitarian work in Ukraine. Information about the auction date, as well as other updates, will be posted on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To enquire about the portrait or the auction, please contact Marie Louise: ml@mlkold.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information can also be found on the PRESS<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Unless otherwise stated, the photos on this page are by Emma Larsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"
[Photo by Alexander Chekmenev<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Read more “A portrait for Ukraine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-1024x1024.jpg",950,950,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine.jpg",1200,1200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine.jpg",1200,1200,false],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine.jpg",1200,1200,false],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-950x320.jpg",950,320,true],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-1200x640.jpg",1200,640,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-1200x800.jpg",1200,800,true],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-600x600.jpg",600,600,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine.jpg",1200,1200,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-600x900.jpg",600,900,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine.jpg",1200,1200,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MLKOLD_Ukraine-800x800.jpg",800,800,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7737"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7874,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737\/revisions\/7874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlkold.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}