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Russian Performance Artist Cuts Off Earlobe As Political Protest

by News Desk | Oct 22, 2014 | News

The extreme performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky created a storm in Russia last November by nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones of Moscow’s Red Square, he did this to denounce the political indifference of modern Russian society – the artist is at it...

Russian Scrotum Artist Pyotr Pavlensky To Be Charged With Hooliganism

by News Desk | Nov 15, 2013 | News

Pyotr Pavlensky, the performance artist who stripped naked and nailed his scrotum to the cobble paving in Red Square, may face up to five years in prison. A Russian report stated that the 29-year-old artist now faces the charge of hooliganism, the same charge as...

Artist Nails Scrotum To Red Square In Protest Of Russian Police State

by News Desk | Nov 11, 2013 | News

Pyotr Pavlensky, 29, a performance artist has been arrested in Moscow after stripping naked and driving a nail through his scrotum into the cobblestone paving,  outside the Lenin Mausoleum, in Red Square. The artist is known for sewing his mouth shut, in protest of...
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