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Stalin's great-grandson describes his time as art student in Glasgow

2019-01-09 13:17 GMT+8
 
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1 / 4   Jacob Dzhugashvili, 45, better known as the great-grandson of Joseph Stalin, created a series of astonishing psychedelic landscape works. /VCG Photo

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2 / 4   Jacob Dzhugashvili grew up in Georgia and studied art in Glasgow in the 1990s where he kept his family history as a secret. He preferred to keep his name and extraordinary political heritage as a secret during his studies. /VCG Photo

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3 / 4   Dzhugashvili said: “My friends didn’t care about my name, they cared about our friendship. As I was communicating with people of the same age as me, there was only curiosity, and it didn’t last long. Personality – that’s what matters, not identity.” /VCG Photo

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4 / 4   Just like many young art students in the 1990s, Jacob loved to listen to trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack and Portishead. Jacob is now a successful painter, and a top London gallery sells his work. /VCG Photo

 
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