Blasphemy as Tool of Institutional Critique 

The holy fool topos in lineages of religious aesthetics and protest culture in post-Soviet political performance art:

Oleg Mavromatti, Pussy Riot and Petr Pavlensky

Darja Filippova, CEU 2015

Please consider the following excerpts from vitae of St Symeon Salos and Pussy Riot: 

Images right to left:

Pavlensky, Separation, 2014. Mavromatti, Do Not Believe Your Eyes, 2000, Pussy Riot, Action in Cathedral of Christ the Savior, 2012

Blasphemy as Tool of Institutional Critique