Russian Art Group Paints Giant Penis on Drawbridge

[Botany]

Russian Art Group Voina Paints Giant Penis On St Petersburg Drawbridge




Penis Art Wins State Award
11 April 2011
The Moscow Times
The controversial art group Voina, two members of which face jail time for their performances, won a state award for painting a gigantic
penis on a drawbridge facing a Federal Security Service building.

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Innovation is co-staged by the State Center for Contemporary Arts and the Cultural Ministry. The ministry said in a statement Friday that it disapproved of the decision of the jury, which was comprised of prominent Russian and international art figures, but will not the contest it, RIA-Novosti reported.

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The award-winning "penis" performance, staged ahead of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, was a protest against the FSB's unchecked powers, Voina said at the time.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/penis-art-wins-state-award/434775.html

[meegbear]

1. For an "Art Group", they sure do draw pretty shitty

[NorthCarolina]

8. That was my first thought as well.

They should have hired some NYC taggers to do it.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. No kidding. Even I could do better than that and I am certainly no artist.

[nc4bo]

2. Pensises are so 2010. 2011 is the year of the Vajayjay! Boo. nt

[Brickbat]

4. They drew it in 2010.

[nc4bo]

16. But they did the story 4/11 LOL

Old news but the media decides to whip it out now. :rofl:

Sorry - I'm just having a good time. Didn't get the chance to have a laugh on the Iceland guy who donated penis to a penis museum.

[seabeyond]

3. hm... a 5 yr old could draw this. but ya, we really need a penis so that we are all

culturally sophisticated.

adn i thought the adolescent mentality was mostly the u.s.

[Brickbat]

5. A fist, a fig or a middle finger would have been more effective, IMO. A penis just seems self-

indulgent.

[Marrah_G]

6. looks like a child drew it

I totally do not get most art.

[xchrom]

7. cool -- i like drawings of giant penises or penii or penie. nt

[LeftinOH]

9. How original (not).

[devilgrrl]

10. Wow. So cutting edge.

:eyes:

[Botany]

11. But as the bridge goes up so does the penis.

:bounce:

[JVS]

15. That's the brilliance of it!

[WatsonT]

13. Are they controversial because they call themselves an art group but have little artistic talent?

Hell I could be an artist if this is the standard.

[Stevenmarc]

14. If the bridge remains open for more than 4 hours please consult a physician.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. LOL!!!!!!

[MadHound]

17. Looks more like the type of graffitti one would find in a truck stop bathroom,

Certainly not art.

[Zanzoobar]

18. Proper headline: Graffiti prank nets fines and community service.

[Stevenmarc]

19. I bet the Artist Statement is a lot more interesting than the work

I find the more inferior the work the more the Artist Statement piles on the bullshit, which is always a fun read.

[notesdev]

20. It's art... not in the sense of graphic art....

... but rather in the sense of performance art.

I highly approve this cultural statement.

[Javaman]

22. Meh. Beevis and Butthead school of art.

teens have been doing this kind of crap "art" for years.

BFD.

[PVnRT]

23. "Art"

If teenagers had done this, it would be called vandalism and they'd have been arrested.