In the drawing by the artist Mindaugas Bonan, on the wall of the "Keulė Rūkė" eatery, called "Trump-Putin V2.0", two heads of the most powerful states are depicted sharing cannabis smoke. JAV the slogan of candidate Donald Trump "Make America great again" (Make America great again) was changed to "Make everything great again" (Make everything great again). The word "good" is written in green, which symbolizes the political position in favor of the legalization of cannabis. More than half of US states have legalized medical cannabis.
The original version of this drawing depicted a kiss between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Dominykas Čečkauskas - one of the owners of "Kaulė Rūke" and the author of the work says that the drawing was created to draw attention to what is currently happening in the world. First of all, to the US presidential election. Second - to the geopolitical intrigues caused by Vladimir Putin. The work reproduces the legendary photo of the kiss between Brezhnev and Honecker taken in 1979, which later became a historical graffiti on the Berlin Wall. The drawing depicting the kiss between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump immediately attracted attention not only in Lithuania, but also in foreign countries. Media giants such as BBC, CNN, Time, Washington Post, etc. were interested in him. After Mr. Trump won the US presidential election, the piece gained popularity again.
Most commentators compare the drawing created by Mindaugas Bonanu to Dmitry Vrubel's 1990s work on the Berlin Wall, which depicts East German leader Erich Honecker kissing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. According to Ms. Bonanu herself, the idea was to show two friendly conservative leaders with huge egos. The goal was to show an ironic libertarian view of what is happening in the world. Ms. Bonanu said the cartoon was inspired by the famous Berlin Wall scene. D. Vrubel's work was based on a real photo from 1979, while the Lithuanian mural is a fantasy, reflecting the fraternal tenderness recorded on the Berlin Wall. However, unlike the kiss of L. Brezhnev and E. Honecker, the embrace of V. Putin and D. Trump looks much more uncomfortable , as if imbued with suspicion, as both men have their eyes wide open.
After the first drawing was vandalized with white paint, in the reconstructed graffiti these politicians are no longer kissing, but smoking a joint together. Dominykas Čečkauskas told BNS that the new version of the drawing is intended to encourage discussion about the legalization of marijuana. "The graffiti depicts D. Trump smoking a joint and blowing smoke into V. Putin's mouth. We want to start a discussion in Lithuania about the decriminalization of cannabis, scientific research permits and the medical use of cannabis in the treatment of serious diseases," he said. According to D. Čečkauskas, the drawing still has a political undertone, but it is no longer the main one.
Information prepared by: VilniusGO.lt
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