Vandalism And Self-Mutilation As Art (Jail Too)

For Pyotr Pavlensky, the judicial process is an integral part of the artwork. “The government’s aim is to suppress or neutralize art, to reduce me to a vandal, a madman, a provocateur, but the criminal case becomes one of the layers of the artwork, the portal through which you enter and see the mechanisms of power exposed.” – The New York Times