Bic Pics: Artist Draws Ukraine's Dark Side With A Ballpoint Pen

2021/6/29 21:00:14

He attributes his acute sense of justice to listening to broadcasts of the Voice of America (VOA), RFE/RL, and the BBC on a shortwave radio.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Mark Raczkiewycz for RFE/RL, June 27, 2021:

 

KYIV -- Whatever his subject -- a tycoon living large while many go hungry, a goon hired to break up protests, an impoverished Ukrainian driven abroad to seek work -- artist Serhiy Kolyada puts it down on paper with a simple tool: a ballpoint pen.


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