Focus on this artwork and analyze the Internet meme.
After being posted on the social network Pikabu in 2017, the sculpture (renamed Zhdun, or "Awaiter") became an Internet meme in a number of Eastern European countries, e.g. Russia and Ukraine, in which it is edited into famous paintings, photographs, videos, and other visual media. Models have been photographed in locales including an empty seat in the Ukrainian Parliament.CD Land, a media company, bought the Russian media rights for five years starting in 2017.The cover of the 2021 album Sand by Belgian indie pop-rock band Balthazar features Zhdun.
Pikabu Balthazar Ukrainian Parliament Internet meme