Yesterday, 16 October 2017 artist-акционист Peter Pavlensky was detained by Paris police after he set fire to the building of the Bank of France within the framework of the anti-globalization actions. With gasoline Pavlensky called for the overthrow of the power of money in the cradle of the great French — most famous — revolution in the world.

As it is said in France — armistice (there is a high protest experience, harness often they're used), but at home the second day, Pavlensky has been simmering debate — on the Internet, on radio, and on TV. Conditional "patriots", of course, are rubbing their hands: so you should be. Protected — will receive. "Skeptics" echo: "this advertising campaign before the exhibition actionists Gelman at Saatchi's". In turn, conventional "liberals" do not hide the disappointment: why Pavlensky is happening in the country that sheltered him and where he asked for political asylum? People don't understand, why bite the hand giving — and say, well this is not logical. For many, this break the pattern. What can I say. Don't know what to expect from this auctioneer of rational behavior and care about their own welfare — is still something to take punk a promise to behave decently. Bored girls. In the crazy world of recklessness — is also a form of rationality. It may be that the most effective.

Peter Pavlensky detractors often strive to put on what is constructive and capable worker — say, he is not an artist, where are his paintings? just draw can not, because and swagger. But the people who knew him before, confirm that it is not so. If anything, he knows how to draw and studied easel painting Department of Mukhina Academy. And take pictures too. And in the courage he can not refuse. Read, for example, the article "From the KGB to the Freemasons" curator and artist Kirill Shamanov, which did Pavlensky exhibitions even before he became a famous actionist. He, in particular, writes: "It was within the exhibition "GOP-ART: From the heart" held in St. Petersburg and Rostov-на-Дону in 2011. Then Peter presented a series of collages with his friend punk, who loved to cut yourself. In the photos he was standing in poses of antique statues: David, Apollo... the exhibition "ran" St. Petersburg Cossacks, there have been several controversial works, and Peter, to his credit, remained in the center of the Torch the night: literally slept on the paintings, protecting the art from the encroachments of fanatics who roamed around the exhibition hall on two "behah"". At that time there were, the promised storm began in the morning "Cossacks" were rasaritului. But after a short time, the artist switched to the action, refusing to create works of art. That is, the story is not exactly that "can't draw".

Alas, not a single article about Pavlensky we can illustrate the auction results. On the public market do not its materialartifacts. As the "War" and other actionists. The same Pavlensky, no doubt, already cast in a cultural "cast" of his era (by the way, Pavlensky actually allotted a few boring pages in the new novel by Victor Pelevin). Just it works now by-другому. The actionist leave a mark in history in the form of videos, posts in the information space and, more importantly, in the minds. Not by chance the image of Pavlensky used in the role of bogey TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev. He dedicated a great story, where stylistically compared the rally of artists with the "stock" of the massacre of prisoners is prohibited by ISIL and even "burning Khatyn". And, you can remember how from-за "non-artist" Pavlensky state prize "INNOVATION" was forced to squirm and cancel a nomination by the art, if only the controversial actionist again did not win. There would be already fit to decide: as soon as do consider this art so uninteresting and helpless, then why to throw against him such power? The answer is not need, they will figure it out.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: dailystorm.ru, tvrain.ru, thequestion.ru

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the state prize INNOVATION has revoked a nomination in the art, so as not to defeat Turkey.