Artists use Ukraine president's candy wrappers for critical portrait


FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko shows pieces of a portrait of Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko named 'The Face of Corruption' which is made of wrappers from more than 20 kilograms of Roshen candies and empty shell cartridges brought from the frontline of a military conflict in the east of the country, during an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - As Ukraine heads in a presidential election on Sunday, two artists have created an unflattering portrait of incumbent Petro Poroshenko using sweet wrappers and bullet casings.

From Poroshenko's perspective probably the best thing about the piece is that the artists had to use 20 kilograms (44 lb) of candies made by a confectionary firm that he owns.

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