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The Collective Society “Kartinnik”[”Picture-man”] with B.U.Kashkin in front of painted Ural Electro-Technical Institute rubbish pins. 1993.
The bearded B. U. Kashkin stands in front of a set of trashbins which have been painted with bright, colorful scenes of trees, butterflies and flowers. Pigeons are digging through the garbage and mud apparent throughout the site.
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The “Kartinnik”/”Picture-man” society at the Dam boardwalk in Sverdlovsk, 1989
A photograph of a group of youths doing a Punk-Skomorokh performance at a public boardwalk. B.U. Kashkin's "Kartinnik" circle creates a wave of notorious but positive and cheerful actionism.
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3pm on Sundays at the Dam, the jesters [skomorokhi] will gift society pictures!, 1989 Tempera on Wood panel.
B.U. Kashkin's circle created outsider art in various media, but especially painting, distributing it to the public during their Punk-Skomorokh perfromances. B.U. Kashkin encouraged amateur artists to experiment with public art.
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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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Shaburov Sasha Christ
Alexander Shaburov developed a series of performances about artistic identity, which included both mocking and pastiching the cult leader Marina Tsvigun (AKA "Maria Devi Christ" ) whose group attempted to seize the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv in 1993.
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Ivan Zhaba: Russian Superman
A major installation artwork by Alexander Shaburov engaged with the Western Superhero genre through a multimedia hagiography of a Russian superman.
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