nosebleed

This painting depicts Vladimir Putin rendered in the visual language of religious iconography. A halo-like form frames his face, while a thin stream of blood from the nose punctures the illusion of sanctity. The nosebleed becomes a quiet but telling rupture—suggesting internal pressure, moral corrosion, and the body’s inability to fully contain violence enacted in its name. Rather than dramatizing power, the work focuses on its fragility, exposing how authoritarian authority relies on sacred imagery while remaining irrevocably human, bodily, and mortal.