A/POLITICAL

THE DIRTIEST CUP

Andrei Molodkin

"I work with negative forms and fill them with political material to show the reality of the situation. Here you have the Fifa World Cup, glowing gold from the residue of Qatari oil. The corruption at the centre of this game becomes inseparable from the riches of the host nation." Andrei Molodkin


This image depicts Andrei Molodkin's sculpture The Fifa World Cup Filled With Qatari Oil being guarded by two stern security guards. The artwork is an acrylic block with a mould of the Fifa World Cup, this block is connected to a sea of pipes that trail from a central black podium onto the floor.


Libero, Special Edition, published Monday, 14 November 2022



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This image depicts Andrei Molodkin's sculpture The Fifa World Cup Filled With Qatari Oil. The artwork is an acrylic block with a mould of the Fifa World Cup, this block is connected to pipes that trail at the bottom of the screen, the cup is two-thirds full with crude oil.
This image depicts Andrei Molodkin's sculpture The Fifa World Cup Filled With Qatari Oil. The artwork is an acrylic block with a mould of the Fifa World Cup, this block is connected to pipes that trail at the bottom of the screen, the cup is nearly full with crude oil.
"Molodkin’s life-size acrylic mould, made from a replica trophy, will be slowly filled with crude oil and offered for $150mn." Financial Times


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This image depicts Andrei Molodkin's ai-version of his sculpture, The Fifa World Cup Filled With Qatari Oil. The artwork is floating on a mobile screen in front of the exterior of the Lusail Stadium in Qatar during the build-up to the World Cup Final.
"Migrants building a state-of-the-art stadium for the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar are abused and exploited – while FIFA makes huge profits." AMNESTY


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