Archives: Exhibitions

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The dog man who rests his genitals on cats, and other Russian art heroes, The Guardian
the artist who nailed his scrotum to red square is doing an exhibition with pussy riot, , i-D VICE
Artist sets fire to bank in Paris, Euronews
What to do in London in November, Harper’s Bazaar
Pussy Riot art exhibition opens at Saatchi Gallery, Art Daily
‘Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism’ at Saatchi Gallery, London, Blouin Artinfo
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism Saatchi Gallery, 55 factory
First Pussy Riot Exhibition to Open in London, Love London Love Culture
the importance of riot: post-soviet protest art, tmrw
Pussy Riot are coming to London for an exhibition dedicated to Post-Soviet protest art, Hero
47 THINGS TO DO IN LONDON: NOVEMBER 2017, The Resident
Bold and brilliant: the art of the Pussy Riot, Squaremile
Putin’s gadflies Pussy Riot put on London show, Church Times
Protest artist arrested after setting fire to Paris Bank: Up in flames, Huck
Piotr Pavlensky Arrested For Arson Attack On Paris Banque de France, Artlyst
ART RIOT: POST-SOVIET ACTIONISM, SAATCHI GALLERY, Russian Art & Culture
Superbugs And Fashion: The 11 Biggest Exhibitions To Catch This Month, The Londonist
November diary: this month’s must-see events and exhibitions, It’s Nice That
ART RIOT: POST-SOVIET ACTIONISM, Fab UK Magazine
There’s a Pussy Riot exhibition opening this week, Time Out
El arte de protesta del activista ruso Piort Pavlenski se exhibirá en Londres, La Estrella (Panama)
Pussy Riot chystají představení, v němž své fanoušky zavřou do ruského vězení, Eurodenik (Czech Republic)
PUSSY RIOT and Pyotr Pavlensky, announced an exhibition in November, Mattlumine (Italy)
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism exhibition, Positive (USA)
SAATCHI GALLERY TO HOST EXHIBITION ON POST-SOVIET PROTEST ART, Azzuro Due (Netherlands)
L’artiste russe Pavlenski arrêté à Paris pour avoir mis le feu à la Banque de France, Le Monde (France)
L’artiste russe Piotr Pavlenski a littéralement mis le feu à la Banque de France, Huffington Post (France)
Un artiste russe met le feu à la Banque de France, L’Express (France)
La Banque de France incendiée par l’artiste russe Piotr Pavlenski, Le Point (France)
Paris: l’artiste russe Pavlenski en détention provisoire, Le Figaro (France)
L’artiste russe Pavlenski en détention pour l’incendie d’une succursale de la Banque de France, Le Monde (France)
London Exhibit Spotlights the Power of Protest Art in Putin’s Russia, Latin American Herald Tribune
Post-Soviet Actionism, exhibition review: From Russia with bravery – and clutter, Evening Standard
Pussy Riot and Pyotr Pavlensky Join Forces For Saatchi Gallery Exhibition, Artlyst
Russian Riot Art Comes to London Gallery, Dazed
L’art de Pussy Riot célébré à Londres, 24 Heures
Arta activistă a grupului Pussy Riot, celebrată la Londra printr-o expoziție și o piesă de teatru imersiv, Agerpres (Romania)
The Saatchi Gallery Celebrate Russian Protest With Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, 10 Magazine
Pussy Riot feature in London protest art exhibition, AOL
Έκθεση Art Riot: Mετά-σοβιετικός ακτιβισμός! Τα έργα δημιουργήθηκαν για να υποστηρίξουν τα μέλη της μπάντας, Star.gr (Greece)
Pussy Riot and Russian protest artists inspire a resistance movement, Mashable
Pussy Riot’s anarchistic art hits London, Hindustan Times (India)
Былое и бунты, Kommersant (Russia)
Political Art Can Change the World, iNewspaper
From Russia with bravery – and clutter
Out and About: Running Riot, The Big Issue
Heros and Clowns Run Riot at the Saatchi. Interview with curator of Art Riot: Post- Soviet Actionism
Post- Soviet Art gets provocative at Saatchi Gallery, The Guardian
Pussy Riot and others are showing protest art in London because they can’t in Russia, Quartz
Pussy Riot at the Saatchi Gallery — a recent history of avant-garde activism, Financial Times
In Russia, either be brave or be silenced… there is no middle ground, The Art Newspaper
Pussy Riot pide luchar por la libertad en la Saatchi Gallery de Londres, Vanguardia MX (Mexico)
Exposition, théâtre: l’art militant de Pussy Riot célébré à Londres, TVA Nouvelles (France)
Accionismo Postsovietico En Saatchi Gallery, Madrid Art Process (Spain)
Instan a luchar por la libertad, El Manana (Mexico)
Pussy Riot activist recreates Russian prison in London, Channel 4
Pussy Riot’s prison ordeal relived in London art show, Ahram Online (Egypt)
Exposition, theâtre: l’art militant de Pussy Riot célébré à Londres, Liberation (France)
Art Riot // Saatchi Gallery, Bournemouth University
Do Riot in your Country, Common Dreams
15 Things to do this weekend, The Resident
Ruska buntovnička umjetnost u crnogorskom filmu, VIJESTI (Montenegro)
Pussy Riot a další ruští performeři na výstavě. Art Riot mapuje formy protestu proti tamnímu režimu, Art Riot mapuje formy protestu proti tamnímu režimu
SAATCHI GALLERY. Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, Confess Magazine (Lativia)
В Лондоне открылась выставка о постсоветском акционизме, Svoboda (Russia)
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism and Pussy Riot at Saatchi Gallery, London. Exhibition preview, Craft and Travel
The pet gentleman who rests his genitals on cats, and other Russian artwork heroes, Priceshall
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina tells us how important humour is when protesting, Mashable UK
Ruska buntovnička umjetnost u crnogorskom filmu, VIJESTI (Montenegro)
Pussy Riot a další ruští performeři na výstavě. Art Riot mapuje formy protestu proti tamnímu režimu, Aktualne (Czech Republic)
SAATCHI GALLERY. Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, Confess Magazine (Lativia)
В Лондоне открылась выставка о постсоветском акционизме, Svoboda (Russia)
El hombre perro que reposa sus genitales sobre gatos: un héroe contra Putin, Faro De Vigo (Spain)
В Лондоне открылась выставка постсоветского акционизма: там выступят Pussy Riot, RTVI (Russia)
Band’s anarchistic art hits London, Kuwait Times (Kuwait)
Art Riot: игра в блокбастер, APTGID (Russia)
Хватит интегрироваться. Давайте покажем, что мы принципиально другие”. Как и зачем смотреть выставку Art Riot в Saatchi Gallery?, Zima (Russia)

Saatchi Gallery would like to thank all of the exhibition contributors, alongside our Gallery Patrons.

ART EXPLORA

Art Explora is a non-profit organisation with the international ambition to make art accessible to everyone by broadcasting digital content and engaging in innovative projects. The platform aims to share culture with everyone, breaking down the walls that separate individuals and communities from one another. It has recently launched its European Award in collaboration with l’Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts), set out to bolster development projects that promote the diffusion of art and culture to wider and more diverse audiences.

BROOKLYN MUSUEM

Saatchi Gallery chose to partner with Brooklyn Museum given their shared aim to provide wider access to contemporary art and support social engagement. JR: Chronicles marks the first solo-exhibition of JR in the UK and expands on the successful presentation of this exhibition at Brooklyn Museum by including new artworks and video content from JR’s most recent projects.

The Chronicles of New York City was really the largest section and centrepiece of the exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. For [the presentation at] Saatchi Gallery, we’ve tried to expand some sections and add works related to more recent projects. JR is so prolific and even while we were installing the show he was working on new projects- one weekend he flew to Tehachapi, California to do a project at a maximum-security prison.

“JR is internationally recognized for his collaborative public projects that engage deeply with communities and we were honoured to present his largest solo museum show to date at the Brooklyn Museum. We’re so happy to be working with Saatchi Gallery, and for the opportunity to share the exhibition with new audiences.” – Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum

“One of the most powerful storytellers of our time, JR has initiated collaborative projects around the world, allowing participants to choose how they would like to be represented in both their communities and the global media. We are pleased to share our exhibition with London audiences, and to also have the opportunity to incorporate new work created since the Brooklyn Museum presentation.” – Sharon Matt Atkins, Director of Exhibitions and Strategic Initiatives, Brooklyn Museum

JR & HIS STUDIO

Born in Paris in 1983 to Eastern European and Tunisian immigrant parents, JR began his career as a graffiti artist. After finding a camera in the Paris Metro in 2001, he began documenting his friends in the act of graffitiing and soon started pasting the photographs on building facades throughout urban centres.

JR was awarded the TED Prize in 2011, which inspired Inside Out: The People’s Art Project, an international participatory art project that encourages people worldwide to have their picture taken and pasted in public spaces in an effort to share stories, experiences, and beliefs. In 2013, his film based on Inside Out premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The project also inspired JR’s installation covering the dome, cupola, and floor of the Pantheon, in Paris in 2014. Inside Out has continued to grow with mobile photo studios operating in the streets of New York, Amsterdam, London and Paris. As of July 2019, over 400,000 people from more than 141 countries had participated.

JR received his first solo museum exhibitions in 2013 at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, followed by presentations at Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, in 2014 and the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, in 2015. Commissioned by the Louvre in 2016, a photo-installation created by JR camouflaged the museum’s famous I.M. Pei-designed pyramid with a precise scan of the Pavillon Sully, which is located behind it. Also in 2016, the artist worked with the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to cover the streets with large-scale photo- installations of athletes in motion; the Centre Pompidou, Paris, to create an exhibition and workshop to help children discover photography; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, where he collaborated with the Brazilian artist duo OSGEMEOS on the Lasco Project, a permanent installation on display in the underground chambers of the museum. In 2018, JR received his first Oscar nomination after partnering with pioneering filmmaker Agnès Varda to create the documentary Faces Places. JR’s first major museum exhibition, MOMENTUM. la mécanique de l’épreuve, took place at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, in 2018. In February 2019, JR returned to the Louvre for another project, this time to “reveal” the pyramid on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. In May 2019, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art unveiled The Chronicles of San Francisco, an animated mural, made of a large LED screen, that features more than 1,200 people from around the city.