Pussy Riot announced their latest performance art piece “Putin’s Ashes” and invites everyone to join their protest in Los Angeles at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Friday, January 27, 2023 at 6:00 pm.
On opening night, only people in balaclavas will be granted entry and guests without RSVP will not be granted entry (RSVP here). A limited number of balaclavas will be provided at the gallery entrance, but guests are encouraged to bring their own.
Created in response to Putin’s war in Ukraine, Putin’s Ashes was initiated in August 2021, when Pussy Riot burned a 10 x 10 foot portrait of the Russian president, performed rituals, and cast spells aimed to chase Putin away. Twelve women participated in the performance. In order to join, women were required to experience acute hatred and resentment toward the Russian president. Most of the participants were either Ukrainian, Belarusian, or Russian.
Pussy Riot’s founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova bottled the ashes of the burnt portrait and incorporated them into her objects that are being presented alongside her short art film Putin’s Ashes, directed, edited, color-corrected, scored by Tolokonnikova.
“While working with artifacts, bottling ashes, and manufacturing the faux furry frames for the bottles, I used skills that I learned in the sweatshops of my penal colony. I was forced to sew police and army uniforms in a Russian jail. I turned what I learned in my labor camp against those who locked me up. Putin is a danger to the whole world, and he has to be stopped immediately,” says Tolokonnikova.
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Pussy Riot announced their latest performance art piece “Putin’s Ashes” and invites everyone to join their protest in Los Angeles at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Friday, January 27, 2023 at 6:00 pm.
On opening night, only people in balaclavas will be granted entry and guests without RSVP will not be granted entry (RSVP here). A limited number of balaclavas will be provided at the gallery entrance, but guests are encouraged to bring their own.
Created in response to Putin’s war in Ukraine, Putin’s Ashes was initiated in August 2021, when Pussy Riot burned a 10 x 10 foot portrait of the Russian president, performed rituals, and cast spells aimed to chase Putin away. Twelve women participated in the performance. In order to join, women were required to experience acute hatred and resentment toward the Russian president. Most of the participants were either Ukrainian, Belarusian, or Russian.
Pussy Riot’s founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova bottled the ashes of the burnt portrait and incorporated them into her objects that are being presented alongside her short art film Putin’s Ashes, directed, edited, color-corrected, scored by Tolokonnikova.
“While working with artifacts, bottling ashes, and manufacturing the faux furry frames for the bottles, I used skills that I learned in the sweatshops of my penal colony. I was forced to sew police and army uniforms in a Russian jail. I turned what I learned in my labor camp against those who locked me up. Putin is a danger to the whole world, and he has to be stopped immediately,” says Tolokonnikova.
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Event details:
Friday, January 27, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
Opening & Protest by Pussy Riot: January 27, 6-8 pm
The project will be open for view January 27-February 3.
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