Osmolovsky: Pussy Riot act was the result of ten years of persecution of artists in the zero years

Anatoly Osmolovsky, artist:
Pussy Riot - a potential project. First of all, because the idea of ​​colored gowns and masks, coupled with the anonymity. This is a riot of color, and color, of course, does not have human names. They have enriched the modern imadzhinary counterculture, and the fact that their image appeared on the cover of "ArtChronika" - a vivid proof of that. If you find any historical parallels, the most interesting to me is not Guerilla Girls (this is true, but too obvious), and the American postzhivopisnaya abstraction. These colored dresses refer specifically to postzhivopisnoy abstraction - one of the landmark trends in the art of the twentieth century. Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella painting entered in the local color. Local color, coupled with the experience of actionism nineties - this is Pussy Riot .

action in the temple was made by the method of actionism nineties. First of all - the exact location and time: the place - the pulpit, where the woman has no right to be, time - Forgiveness Sunday. The combination of these two parameters has the effect of apparitsii - "celestial phenomenon" that is coming out for everything imaginable scope of extraordinary events. By the usual policy is, of course, does not apply. Offer more radically apolitical. In the sense that it breaks down and turns over the current political context liar. With regard to the words and music - they play a secondary role. And I would not insist on the fact that Pussy Riot - a punk band. No - it is an interdisciplinary art project which has become all the parameters set in motion (including political). It should be noted that this action was the result of ten years of persecution of artists in the zero years. It was, at least seven cases, two people have emigrated, Anna Alchuk committed suicide, no doubt, because of this persecution. Relatively speaking, this action looks like a reciprocal gesture: "And now we come to you." Like it? Do not like it. And now the priests' singing ',' do in your museum, what you want, but we do not touch ».

What more it is important to say that we are on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. Roughly (but only roughly) the same as it was in Europe in the sixties. Built for years of Putin's stifling cultural climate of stability must be radically broken. In this sense, Pussy Riot - a significant step in that direction. Well, actionism ninetieth for this revolution will be about the same than it was for the youth revolution sixtieth surrealism. Finally, the main thing - do not give the code to intercept the Russian Revolution, the Nazis, for their part will end a global catastrophe.


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