{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Molotov Cocktail Art","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-artwork.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-06-28T10:23:22Z","description":"Until now I didn’t actually know that Molotov Cocktails can be used to create artworks. The Eternal Flame project in Russia shows that impressive and commemorates in that way fallen Soviet World War II soldiers...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eВечный Огонь\u003c/em\u003e (or \u003cem\u003eEternal Flame\u003c/em\u003e in English) is the name of an spectacular urban art installation in Yekaterinburg, Russia. To remind of fallen Soviet soldiers during World War II, an artist group burned the soldiers faces on wooden panels using Molotov Cocktails. The results are just great and are now part of an abandoned hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s amazing to see, how weapons can be used in a unusual way to create art. The roughness, flames and burned faces are probably the best solution to visualise brutal war, for what reason these unique Molotov Cocktail artworks are in my eyes a good way to commemorate\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_155b455022897cc9.avif 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_ba381a9e7a45b985.avif 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_e513cf726aaf9851.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_f6923e9adb80ae2d.webp 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_1cc1fee2f8737a72.webp 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_220cf83dd9113892.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_cbed20b5ef9ef1c8.jpg\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_960d210edf371cac.jpg 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_d3de0c12155fed39.jpg 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art_hu_cbed20b5ef9ef1c8.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"molotov cocktail art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003emolotov cocktail art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_a9a3704fceece6b2.avif 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_56726260b412bea8.avif 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_8d11d8d8f5fab2bb.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_ddeee0ee034486ca.webp 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_a7412a8a36e80d02.webp 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_1b69db369b3d22e6.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_7bc01a9eabd4d7da.jpg\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_7c702640f5f473a.jpg 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_a56e61b916eb9ce1.jpg 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork_hu_7bc01a9eabd4d7da.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"eternal flame artwork\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eeternal flame artwork\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_7a15593c4d64a54a.avif 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_7c2bc7b4b9b1f083.avif 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_25908223d19de2d8.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_a55bf24292fb6311.webp 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_7129e52406c70078.webp 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_cd5561acfd7fedf3.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_1497c672af518396.jpg\" srcset=\"/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_9d2f9c475b4f9042.jpg 480w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_a04abe976f420c19.jpg 960w, /molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art_hu_1497c672af518396.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"eternal flame art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eeternal flame art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2011/06/27/eternal-flame/\"\u003etodayandtomorrow.net\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http://t-radya.livejournal.com/49046.html\"\u003et-radya\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\n*Вечный Огонь* (or *Eternal Flame* in English) is the name of an spectacular urban art installation in Yekaterinburg, Russia. To remind of fallen Soviet soldiers during World War II, an artist group burned the soldiers faces on wooden panels using Molotov Cocktails. The results are just great and are now part of an abandoned hospital.\n\nIt’s amazing to see, how weapons can be used in a unusual way to create art. The roughness, flames and burned faces are probably the best solution to visualise brutal war, for what reason these unique Molotov Cocktail artworks are in my eyes a good way to commemorate...\n\n![molotov cocktail art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/molotov-cocktail-art/molotov-cocktail-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nmolotov cocktail art ![eternal flame artwork](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-artwork.jpg\u003e)\n\neternal flame artwork ![eternal flame art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/molotov-cocktail-art/eternal-flame-art.jpg\u003e)\n\neternal flame art \nVia [todayandtomorrow.net](http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2011/06/27/eternal-flame/) and [t-radya](http://t-radya.livejournal.com/49046.html).\n","tags":["Molotov Cocktail","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Molotov Cocktail Art","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/molotov-cocktail-art/"}