PUSSY RIOT brings Putin’s ashes to Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in Los Angeles

Pussy Riot brings its radical performance art to Jeffrey Deitch’s gallery and invites everyone to join their protest against the authoritarian leader of Russia who started the biggest war in Europe since World War II. For the first time, Pussy Riot are showing their political performance art at a gallery solo in Los Angeles on January 27th. Created in response to Putin’s war in Ukraine, Putin’s Ashes was initiated in August 2022, when Pussy Riot burned a 10 x 10-foot portrait of the Russian president, performed rituals, and cast spells aimed to chase Putin away. Twelve women participated in the performance. In order to join, women were required to experience acute hatred and resentment toward the Russian president. Most of the participants were either Ukrainian, Belarusia...

unsplash-logoLilith Redmoon