- Alexander Brener
Alexander Davidovič Brener (Russian: Александр Бренер) born 1957 in
Alma-Ata , is aRussia n-Jewish performance artist . His performances of note include defecating in front of a painting byVincent Van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts inMoscow , having sex on city streets,vandalizing art work.He was jailed in 1997 for painting a green dollar sign on
Kazimir Malevich 's painting "Suprematisme". In the court case Brener said in his defense::The cross is a symbol of suffering, the dollar sign a symbol of trade and merchandise. On humanitarian grounds are the ideas ofJesus Christ of higher significance than those of the money. What I did was not against the painting. I view my act as a dialogue with Malewitz.He was sentenced to time in prison, where he wrote "
obosani pistolet ". In the text he explains his beliefs and summarizes his actions.He co-wrote
BUKAKA SPAT HERE ,Tattoos auf Gefängnissen , andAnti technologies of resistance withBarbara Schurz .Brener is mentioned in passing in
Stewart Home 's novel Memphis Underground.On 24th September 2008, in a discussion on 'Extreme Curating' at London's
Institute of Contemporary Arts , Brener reportedly defecated in front of the audience as an expression of dispute with the panel, which included Home. [cite web|url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/tom-699/lecture-violence-to-endurance-extreme-curating-at-the-ica-495/
title=Lecture: 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' at the ICA
publisher= Spoonfed
accessdate=2008-09-25]ee also
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Graffiti
*Neoism References
External links
* Article: http://web.archive.org/web/20070314055854/http://www.renewal.org.au/artcrime/pages/malevich1.html
* Article: [http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/tom-699/lecture-violence-to-endurance-extreme-curating-at-the-ica-495/ 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' at the ICA]
* Letter of support for Brener: http://web.archive.org/web/20070116125615/http://www.ljudmila.org/embassy/brener.htm
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