my dear Pussy Rioters, a few works from The Art of Protest..
Added 2023-02-24 18:42:02 +0000 UTCmy dear Pussy Rioters, a few works from The Art of Protest show at Shepard Fairey's gallery are still available - until March the 25th. If you happen to be in LA, you can come to Subliminal projects to experience them in person! You can make the order online as well. Available artworks can be found here: https://subliminalprojects.com/.../visuallanguage_protest/ 1. "We Need a New Earth", Pussy Riot (Nadya Tolokonnikova), velvet banner, 50 x 31 inches, 2023. Description: "We Need a New Earth" originates from an art action that took place in Yurovo, Russia, in January 2019. "We Need a New Earth" reflects on the global environmental catastrophe and humanity's seeming impotence to fix it. Chosen medium (soviet-style velvet banner) reflects on the cultural and political similarities between the authoritarian regime of the USSR and Putin's regime. 2. "Ешь Богатых" ("Eat the Rich"), Pussy Riot (Nadya Tolokonnikova), velvet banner, 50 x 31", 2023. Description: "Eat the Rich" originates from an art action that took place in Yurovo, Russia, in January 2019. "Eat the Rich" reflects on the skyrocketing global inequality and humanity's seeming inability to deal with it. Under the late authoritarian Putin's regime political art is being pushed, once again - just like in the USSR - from the streets of Russia to kitchens, forests and fields. "We Need a New Earth" is inspired by works of The Collective Actions Group, started in 1973 and led by Andrei Monastyrsky, Lev Rubinstein, Nikita Alekseev, and Georgii Kizevalter, who performed art actions in the fields outside of Moscow. Artists, in the USSR and in Putin's Russia, are looking for places where they can reflect on the nature of reality without immediately being censored, punished, harassed or murdered. with love, Nadya
