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Alexander Shaburov's "Monument to an Invisible Man", 1999

A monument pedestal with no statue, two uneven footprints are imprinted on the pedestal.

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Expropriation of the Territory of Art, "E.T.A.—Text," 1991

In 1991, the actionist group E.T.A. (standing for Expropriation of the Territory of Art”) staged a performance in which they used their bodies to form an obscene word in front of the Kremlin.

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Issue #1 of “Radek”, 1994

The first issue of the actionist magazine Radek featured, on its cover, four strategically denuded men standing in front of the charred façade of the Russian White House—a recent casualty of the 1993 Constitutional Crisis. 

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The “Kartinnik”/ ”Picture-man” society at the Dam boardwalk in Sverdlovsk, 1989

A group of youths perform a Punk-Skomorokh act on a public boardwalk. They are part of street artist B.U. Kashkin's (1938-2005) “Kartinnik” circle, which produced a wave of infamous—but positive and cheerful—actionism.

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"At 3 PM on Sundays, at the Dam, the jesters [skomorokhi] will gift society with pictures!", 1989

B.U. Kashkin's circle created outsider art in various media, but especially painting, distributing it to the public during their Punk-Skomorokh performances. B.U. Kashkin encouraged amateur artists to experiment with public art. 

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The Non-Governmental Control Committee, "Barricade," Bolshaia Nikitinskaia street, 1998

A group of artists, organized by Anatoly Osmolovsky, barricades Bolshaia Nikitinskaia street, about 150 meters from the Kremlin. 

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