Green dollar sign spray painted onto Malevich's painting

Alexander Brener (b. 1957) is a Russian performance artist. His performances of note include defecating in front of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, having sex on city streets, vandalizing art work.

He was jailed in 1997 for painting a green dollar sign on Kazimir Malevich's painting Suprematisme. In the court case Brener said in his defense:

The cross is a symbol of suffering, the dollar sign a symbol of trade and merchandise. On humanitarian grounds are the ideas of Jesus Christ of higher significance than those of the money. What I did was not against the painting. I view my act as a dialogue with Malewitz.

He was sentenced to time in prison, where he wrote obosani pistolet . In the text he explains his beliefs and summarizes his actions.

He co-wrote BUKAKA SPAT HERE , Tattoos auf Gefangenissen , and Anti technologies of resistance with Barbara Schurz.

see also Graffiti, Neoism

External links

• Article: http://www.renewal.org.au/artcrime/pages/malevich1.html