Konstantin Viktorovich Altunin (Russian: Константин Викторович Алтунин, born December 21, 1967) is a Russian painter from Arkhangelsk, Russia. He left Russia following a controversy after a painting of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in women's underwear had been seized by St. Petersburg authorities. He has been exhibiting paintings since 2000.
Other controversial paintings by Altunin
On another painting Altunin depicted the politician Vitaly Milonov against a rainbow background. The rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT community. He also produced a painting with Putin wearing women's underwear and painted a sculpted head of Lenin with dripping rainbow colors.
References
- "Museum of Authority". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- "Artist flees Russia after painting Putin and Medvedev in pants". The Guardian. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- "Putin says pants to painting: Artist flees Russia as portrait of President in women's underwear confiscated from art gallery". The Independent. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- "Константин Алтунин". Russian. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- Poetin niet gediend van intieme schildering van hem en Medvedev
External links
- Website (in Russian)
- "Poutine en sous-vêtements féminins: le peintre quitte la Russie." Libération. 28 August 2013.
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