An exhibition by a well-known Russian photographer was turned into a performance after all the works were...

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An exhibition by a well-known Russian photographer was turned into a performance after "stern men in jackets" covered all the works with white paper

At the "Contour" art fair in Nizhny Novgorod, an exhibition of works by photographer Alexander Gronsky, who photographs contemporary Russia, was censored.

In particular, they covered up shots of a woman sunbathing against a backdrop of high-rise apartment blocks, a blue bus stop with the word "Russia" on it, a playground fenced off with a grim iron barrier, and others.

On the night before the opening, stern men in jackets persuasively proposed a new exhibition solution — now it is a quiz stand. The stand does not indicate the artist's name or the gallery's name. The works are covered with tracing paper, they are forbidden to be shown and forbidden to be sold,

Gronsky wrote.

Video: gronsky / instagram

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