Translated by Tatiana Rudyak
Dance of the brave
This is a series of abstract plaster sculptures united by one event and one place. They are based on real people detained by police while protesting in Moscow downtown. Their poses, if we get rid of everything extraneous, often resemble weird and unnatural dance, not suitable for the human body in the state of rest. This work is dedicated to everyone who was brave enough to protest, despite the danger of being brutally beaten and/or detained by special forces and the National Guards.
The square green backdrop is the color of the military vehicles that many doors, playgrounds, and fences in Russia are painted in. It is the eternal backdrop of life for Soviet people and the post-Soviet generation that is now protesting against the dictatorship and envisions the future of Russia free from its parasitic government.
One of the sculptures is missing, symbolizing those who are now the heroes of our memory.
