This Punk is inspired by CryptoPunk #3429 and artworks of Malevich. This work is dedicated to the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This Punk represents one of the liquidators of this terrible disaster. Here we wanted to convey the selfless heroism and inestimable sacrifice made by all who participated in the elimination of the reactor explosion. In this painting, Punk is portrayed in a lofty and somewhat unemotional way, referring back to medieval portraits of kings and heroes, in which they were portrayed as unattainable and in some sense sinless. This technique helped exalt their merits and immortalize their exploits in history. That is why unnatural colors were chosen for the Punk - he is wearing a protective costume that completely hides his face and removes all the imperfections inherent in man.

The catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant happened on April 26, 1986. It was the largest accident in the history of nuclear power. The explosion occurred in Unit 4, located 120 km from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The failure of the nuclear reactor was due to a number of reasons: in addition to the fact that the reactor was not equipped with a modern safety system, the level of automatic control and monitoring was too low. That night, an experiment was conducted to measure the inertial rotation of the turbine generator. At 1:24 local time, two large explosions occurred (40-60 seconds after the start of the experiment). According to witnesses, the first explosion was followed by red flames, and the second explosion had blue flames, followed by a "mushroom" cloud rising over the reactor. The firefighters who responded to the disaster didn't know what caused it, so they only poured water over the destroyed reactor. This worsened the situation, and a series of small explosions followed, releasing more contaminants. To prevent radiation from spreading into the environment, the reactor was backfilled with five thousand tons of boron, dolomite, sand, clay, and lead mixtures, which were dropped by a helicopter flying over it. The dropped loose materials stopped the burning of graphite and prevented radioactive particles from escaping into the air. Two weeks after the atomic explosion, the Soviet state authorities decided to cover the destroyed power unit with a sarcophagus, a reinforced concrete structure with its own cooling system.

However, the measures taken did not protect the environment from the strongest release of radioactive substances. As far as we know today, there is no place on Earth where the radioactive cloud contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster has not left its mark. It swept over the entire world. Data on the number of victims of the tragedy varies. The most affected were employees of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and firefighters, who received fatal doses of radiation. In the first 3 days after the accident 299 patients with obvious forms of radiation sickness were hospitalized. Twenty-eight victims of the Chernobyl disaster were officially registered. Each buried body was sealed with concrete because it emits a strong flow of radiation. According to official data, the Chernobyl disaster claimed the lives of about 600,000 people. Official documents classify the victims of the accident into several categories. For example, the largest group - 200-240 thousand people, are the liquidators - rescuers, soldiers carrying out work to clean up harmful emissions, firefighters, as well as police officers. The next group - about 116 thousand people are residents of nearby areas of Chernobyl. Another 220,000 people were later evacuated from the contaminated areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Nevertheless, to this day about 5 million people remain living on contaminated land. Overall, more than 10 million people are considered affected by the Chernobyl disaster, only 3.2 million in Ukraine (the rest in Belarus and Russia).

In order to convey the atmosphere of contaminated air and radiation, we used two methods. First, a kind of fog was created around the punk, which refers to the smoke from the burning power unit and the chemicals used to extinguish the fire and decontaminate those affected by radiation. Second is the color and objects around Punk. The acidic hues, unnatural for Suprematism, indicate the chemical and dangerous nature of these objects. The form itself resembles something extraterrestrial - it symbolizes the fact that humans were powerless in the face of such a catastrophe, and it took a long time and, most importantly, human lives before it was finally eliminated. The split mask between eyes and mouth refers to those primitive means of protection with which most of the liquidators were equipped - the simplest respirator masks and rags. Because of which most of the liquidators died.