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Alexander Davidovich Brener (Russian: Александр Бренер) (born 1957, in Alma-Ata, Kazak ASSR, Soviet Union), is a Russian performance artist and a self-described political activist. He is considered one of the main figures of Moscow Actionism along with Oleg Kulik.[1]

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Alexander Brener
Born	1957 Alma-Ata, Kazak ASSR, Soviet Union
Education	Kazakh National Pedagogic University (named after Abay)
Known for	Performance art, literature art-activism
Movement	Moscow Actionism, Neoism, Actionism

Work

Brener's performances of note include defecating in front of a painting by Vincent van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, having sex in front of the Monument to Alexander Pushkin (Rostov-on-Don), and vandalizing art works by other artists.[2]

He was jailed in 1997 for painting a green dollar sign on Kazimir Malevich's painting Suprematisme.[3] 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 Malevich.

Giancarlo Politi, the editor of Flash Art, resolutely defended Brener from the pages of his magazine, stirring controversy and campaigning for his acquittal.[4] Brener was sentenced to five months in prison, where he wrote the essay Obossani Pistolet. In the text he explains his beliefs and summarizes his actions. In 2000 Brener disrupted the press conference of Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana by spraying slogans on the presentation screen and handing out leaflets stating: "Demolish neo-liberalist multicultural art system now!" Bodyguards came and dragged Brener out of the hall. He was later arrested by Slovenian secret police in the streets. In 2003 Brener vandalized the work of Swiss-Italian artist Gianni Motti during the opening of Motti's exhibition "Turnover" at Artra Gallery in Milan.

Brener co-wrote a number of books together with Austrian artist and critic Barbara Schurz, including Bukaka spat Here, Tattoos auf Gefängnissen, Anti Technologies of Resistance and The Art of Destruction.

Brener is mentioned in passing in Stewart Home's 2007 novel Memphis Underground.

An artwork by the art collective IOCOSE is dedicated to Brener.[5]

Books

• Furzende Völker: Ein Dokumental-Roman (2000, Austria, Edition Selene. ISBN 3-85266-130-7)
• Demolish Serious Culture! (2000, Austria, Edition Selene. ISBN 3-85266-148-X)
• Tattoos auf Gefängnissen (2001, Austria, Edition Selene. ISBN 3-85266-157-9)
• Bukaka Spat Here (2001, Austria, Edition Selene. ISBN 3-9501567-1-2; 2002, UK, ISBN 0-9520274-4-5)
• The Art of Destruction (2005, Austria)

See also

• Neoism

References

External links

• Article:"Art Crime, Suprematisme 1920-1927, Malevich". Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2003-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Article: 'Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating' at the ICA
• Letter of support for Brener: https://web.archive.org/web/20070116125615/http://www.ljudmila.org/embassy/brener.htm
• Review: Josephine Berry, Bukaka Spat Here, Mute, Vol 1. no 24 Beach or Border?

На других языках

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- [en] Alexander Brener

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[es] Aleksandr Brener

Aleksandr Brener (en ruso: Александр Бренер; Almaty, Kazajistán, 1961[1] ) es un artista de performances. Sus actuaciones incluyen defecar frente a una pintura de Vincent van Gogh en el Museo de Bellas Artes Pushkin de Moscú, practicar el sexo con su mujer en la calle (en pleno invierno moscovita de 1994), interrumpir lecturas de poesía y vandalizar obras de arte. Sus acciones y las de otros artistas como Oleg Kulik se enmarcan dentro de lo que Degot llama acciones post-traumáticas, propias de la liberación emocional y el afán de provocación de ciertos artistas tras el final de la Guerra Fría.[2]

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[ru] Бренер, Александр Давидович

Алекса́ндр Дави́дович Бре́нер (1957, Алма-Ата) — художник, один из лидеров московского акционизма, писатель. Свою причастность к искусству не признает и считает себя политическим активистом[2]. Ряд работ выполнил в соавторстве с Барбарой Шурц[en].

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