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Amrita Nanda

The Art of Resistance: ‘Monstrations’ represent annual absurdist protests by Russia’s young people

To subvert and critique detentions for anti-government slogans, a Russian artist began ‘meaningless’ protests, Monstrations, that are apparently about nothing.

Amrita Nanda
· Jan 01, 2020 · 08:00 pm
The Art of Resistance: This silent dance in Frankfurt is a protest against a Good Friday dance ban

Every year, protestors contest a law that bans dancing in public on Good Friday across Germany.

Amrita Nanda
· Jan 01, 2020 · 03:00 pm
The Art of Resistance: Katrin Nenasheva makes viewers experience injustice through performance art

In the face of regular suppression of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, this performance artist attempts to ‘translate the voices of people who are invisible’

Amrita Nanda
· Jan 01, 2020 · 01:00 pm

The Art of Resistance: After the Tiananmen Square massacre, this man stared down Chinese tanks

Now known as ‘Tank Man’, the unidentified individual has become a symbol of resistance to the Chinese government’s brutal massacre in 1989.

Amrita Nanda
· Jan 01, 2020 · 08:00 am