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Link to the full video in my profile.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
This art is a hammer that shapes reality. 2023, series of 23 works.
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s search for meaning.
I incorporate needles and sewing machine parts – they represent my experiences of forced labor
in the camp. During that time, I would have dreams of receiving new sets of needles and machine parts, only to wake up to the harsh reality of continuing to sew on old, unsafe equipment. I endured injuries and excruciating pain while sewing, including a traumatic incident where a needle penetrated my finger and caused profuse bleeding, yet I was compelled to persist without proper medical care. The use of red splashes in my artwork represents the blood that stained my worktable at the factory.
I incorporate teddy bears into my work, penetrating them with needles and presenting them as worn and dirty. The teddy bears encapsulate the innocence and vulnerability I once possessed, now marred and broken by the oppressive forces at play.
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Putin, and all those who support him are dead inside and must be defeated.
While i’m here – i’d like to address vladimir putin directly – wanted criminal to wanted criminal:
The Kremlin walls have become your prison walls. You have already lost, and the world stands with the brave people of Ukraine.
When you are in your final hour, praying, know this: that whoever you pray to is on our side. And whoever that is, she will not forgive your crimes against humanity.
The supreme, sacred, holy rule in Putin’s Russia is to remain afraid. We decided to break this rule. By breaking the main rule of the game, we disrupted the game as such. We shattered the world of appearances, the fundamental pillar of the system. We demonstrated that living a lie is living a lie. We said that the emperor is naked.
Did we achieve what we wanted? I’m thinking about it while standing behind the bars. Yes and no. As I said in my closing court statement – “Even though we are behind bars, we are freer than [the people prosecuting us]. We can say what we want, while they can only say what political censorship allows.”
Yesterday my colleague, anti-Putin activist Kara-Murza, was sentenced for 25 years in a penal colony for publicly denouncing Putin and the war in Ukraine. Kara-Murza said in his closing statement: “I know that the day will come when the darkness engulfing our country will dissipate, this day will come as inevitably as spring comes to replace even the frostiest winter.”
I’ll finish my speech with the words of a 22 year old myself who hoped for a beautiful new Russia of the future and said in her closing court statement – “Passion, openness and naivety are superior to hypocrisy, cunning and a contrived decency that conceals crimes.”
Откройте все двери
Снимите погоны
Почувствуйте с нами
Запах свободы
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” at @christiesinc 💒🥷 100% go to @unicef 🖤
Current bid: $3200
Bidding is live for the next 4 days.
Curator: @arushikapoor1
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” is a genesis piece of “De•th by 1000 Cuts” project. The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Lucky to be working with @properreplica on this project.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪🪦
“This Knife K•lls The Patriarchy” 💒🥷 100% to @unicef 🖤 Auction closes in 15 hours.
Estimate: $3-6k. Tax-deductible.
16 x 20 inches
canvas, faux fur, steel, wood
The artist uses repurposed metal foraged from an abandoned prison. In the production of these works, the artist uses her skills that she learned while being subjected to forced labor during the 2 years she served as a political prisoner in Russian labor camps.
De•th by 1000 cuts refers to an ancient method of tort•re in which numerous small cuts were made on a victim’s body. None of the cuts were deadly by themselves, but the combination of them would cause them to die a slow, painful de•th. Similarly, every activist who raise a voice against an oppressive authoritarian system, causes it to ble•d and to, eventually, 🪦.
The artist who was thrown in prison for her art and has to bear her criminal record for the rest of her life, is reclaiming the identity of a criminal, wears it as a badge of honor, grabs back her agency and stands up against oppressors.
Link to the auction in bio 🔪
![Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Instagram - Putin, and all those who support him are dead inside and must be defeated. While i'm here - i’d like to address vladimir putin directly - wanted criminal to wanted criminal: The Kremlin walls have become your prison walls. You have already lost, and the world stands with the brave people of Ukraine. When you are in your final hour, praying, know this: that whoever you pray to is on our side. And whoever that is, she will not forgive your crimes against humanity. The supreme, sacred, holy rule in Putin’s Russia is to remain afraid. We decided to break this rule. By breaking the main rule of the game, we disrupted the game as such. We shattered the world of appearances, the fundamental pillar of the system. We demonstrated that living a lie is living a lie. We said that the emperor is naked. Did we achieve what we wanted? I’m thinking about it while standing behind the bars. Yes and no. As I said in my closing court statement - "Even though we are behind bars, we are freer than [the people prosecuting us]. We can say what we want, while they can only say what political censorship allows.” Yesterday my colleague, anti-Putin activist Kara-Murza, was sentenced for 25 years in a penal colony for publicly denouncing Putin and the war in Ukraine. Kara-Murza said in his closing statement: “I know that the day will come when the darkness engulfing our country will dissipate, this day will come as inevitably as spring comes to replace even the frostiest winter.” I’ll finish my speech with the words of a 22 year old myself who hoped for a beautiful new Russia of the future and said in her closing court statement - "Passion, openness and naivety are superior to hypocrisy, cunning and a contrived decency that conceals crimes." Откройте все двери Снимите погоны Почувствуйте с нами Запах свободы](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NadezhdaTolokonnikova-150x150.jpg)
