Description
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism (16 November 2017 – 7 January 2018) was dedicated to Russian protest art over the past 25 years. It took place in the year of the 100th anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution and although the exhibition did not have any direct links to this historical event, many of the issues that artists face in post-communist Russia are comparable to those in 1917. These include, but are by no means limited to, problems of individual freedom in the face of both political ideology and also religion. The exhibition featured such performance artists as Oleg Kulik, Pussy Riot, Pyotr Pavlensky, Blue Noses and some others and displayed various genres and types of protest art from posters and slogans to video art, staged photography and performances.
