Nadya Tolokonnikova(Pussy Riot) / RAGE

Pose the question to the museum.
 Nadya Tolokonnikova (born 1989 in Norilsk, Soviet Union) is one of the founding members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot. In Russia under Putin's regime, she has transformed art into a weapon of resistance in the name of "freedom."
 In 2012, Tolokonnikova performed "Punk Prayer" at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a sharp criticism of the collusion between the Putin regime and the Russian Orthodox Church. As a result of this performance, she was sentenced to prison for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" and incarcerated in a prison camp. However, she never remained silent. She continued to send letters from prison, denouncing the violent power structure in contemporary Russia to the world.
 Her art, which spans a variety of formats including objects, installations and performance art, addresses a variety of social themes, including the trauma she experienced under Putin's regime. Responding to a reality dominated by fear and oppression, Tolokonnikova has developed an anarchist, radical and deeply emotive visual language that rebels against entrenched moral and political orders.
 This book, RAGE, is a condensed version of her artistic practice.
 This book documents his first solo exhibition in Europe (held in Linz, Austria) and comprehensively introduces his work from 2009 to the present. It also includes essays by critic Boris Groys and curator Michaela Seiser, as well as a conversation between Marina Abramović and Anne Imhof, two artists at the forefront of contemporary art.
 Art is not silent.
 This book is one of her continuing struggles against silence.


 Holding the Museum to Its Promise
 Nadya Tolokonnikova (b. Norilsk; Soviet Union, 1989) is a founder of the feminist art Pussy Riot. The performance Punk Prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, which the Guardian listed as one of the most important works of art of the twenty-first century, earned her and her colleagues' convictions for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and imprisonment in a penal camp. Her oeuvre encompasses objects as well as works of installation and performance art in which she grapples with her own traumatic experiences under Putin's regime, among other subjects. Responding to a situation of fear and repression, she devised a visual language that rebels against entrenched moral and political realities: anarchist, radical, but also profoundly touching.
 The publication RAGE documents Nadya Tolokonnikova's first solo exhibition in Europe, in Linz, and surveys her oeuvre since 2009. It is rounded out by essays by Boris Groys and the curator Michaela Seiser and two conversations between Tolokonnikova and Marina Abramović and Anne Imhof, respectively.

 Publisher: DISTANZ
 Publication year: 2025
 Number of pages: 64
 Size: 225 x 156 mm
 Format: Hardcover
 Language: English, German
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 Condition: New
 First Edition