Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Russian Court Orders Artwork Depicting Putin Destroyed

“The condemned work, entitled 9 Stages in the Decomposition of the Leader, is a print of nine time-lapse digital images showing an official portrait of the Russian president over a seed box, with each image documenting the disintegration of Putin’s portrait as grass grows through. … [This] may be the first recent case of Russian authorities ordering the destruction of a specific work of art.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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