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- Feb 12, 2026
Memories of the future
Klimenko Andrey- Technique
- Lithography
- Dimensions
- 50 × 33 cm
- Year
- 2026
An elderly man sits over a chessboard and newspaper on a bench, dwarfed by a giant Soviet-era mural of a rocket, atom symbol, and CCCP lettering behind him.
- Style
- Graphic
- Mood
- Melancholic
- Themes
- Men · Cityscape · Architecture · History
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
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- Returns
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Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
An elderly man in glasses sits on a bench beside a chessboard and a folded newspaper, gazing down inside a courtyard flanked by apartment blocks. Behind him a mural fills the building's facade: a girl in a red hood, factory smokestacks, an orbiting atom diagram, a launching rocket, and bold CCCP lettering.
Rendered in dense pencil-like hatching with a single red accent against grayscale, the drawing balances meticulous architectural detail with an almost collaged juxtaposition of everyday and propaganda imagery. The heavy cross-hatching and lowered gaze of the figure give the scene a weary, nostalgic mood, contrasting faded Soviet ambition with a quiet present.
