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Can't find either the title or the year of painting.
Skrepetsky (Семён Скрепецкий) was a Russian [I assume, amateur] artist who painted grotesque neo-primitivist caricatures of modern Russia, and built up a bit of a fame online. He has been shot and killed yesterday in Biała Podlaska, Poland, where he has lived since 2021.
Such a weird murder. He had no huge support behind him nor he had political power to his name. Just a caricature-artist doing his thing and executing his freedom of speech rights expressed in his art.
I can name a few artists who are not as popular and also have left ruzzia due to their political stance that are alive and active.
Bemuses me why would anyone kill a small-community artists for his stance. Probably was killed by a disgruntled ruzzia fanatic, who somehow lives in Poland and is/was nearby.
He carried out some public performance or demonstration right before the murder, it could've been the "trigger" for the killer. AFAIK there's not much further info, the killer got away...