Russian protest art on show

An article with some visuals on an exhibition of modern Russian protest art, which has some striking similarities to street art, Soviet poster art and Krokodil. I'm intrigued by the dissected crocodile in one of the photos.

Interview with Vor, leader of the Voina Collective

Video interview here:

http://seansrussiablog.org/2012/02/07/russian-protest-art-in-the-stream/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seansrussiablog%2FYytm+%28Sean%27s+Russia+Blog%29

Medvedev satire

An article about the now-traditional Christmas/New Year Putin/Medvedev animated satire. 

Аркадий Арканов

An article on "Straight Ahead Into the Past", Arkadii Arkanov's new book on Russian satire and humour. 

Guardian article

An article on The Guardian website referring to the history and growth of Russian satirical comment.

Hitler satire in Ukraine

A Hitler billboard, protesting about a Stalin statue, in Ukraine. Not caricature, but interesting satire.

Russian Street Art

Interesting article on a street artist involved with the anti-Putin demonstrations, with some good visuals.

Post-election use of caricature in Putin fight-back

Very interesting article on Time Magazine's website including a reference to a deck of cards, produced by the Kremlin, with caricatures of the opposition leaders on the Jokers. Fascinating retaliatory use, creating a caricature war. I'd quite like a set of these cards, but in the meantime, there are some great images online.

These decks of cards have been handed out to supporters, turned into sandwich boards and worn around Moscow, turned into placards and taken on rallies, and now posted online.

Images via: http://demidov-anton.livejournal.com/68581.html

Very interesting phenomenon. Comes so close to Putin's accusations of US meddling in Russian elections, for one thing. For another thing, the caricatures are satirical, but not as biting as some of the anti-Putin imagery (not that they were especially vicious, especially compared with Krokodil). There are a large number of references to Russian/Soviet historical personalities in these images, which would be fascinating to analyse. It also reveals some interesting attitudes to the power of caricature. There may have been other instances as well, but this is reminiscent of the USA's use of the deck of cards analogy for those wanted for involvement with humanitarian crimes in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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More articles on the same theme here and here.

More modern Russian humour

Since Vladimir Putin's announcement that he will attempt to reclaim the Russian Presidency, a wave of satirical comment has swept the internet. Central to this development have been certain images, inspired by rumours of Putin's admiration for Brezhnev, and by a feeling that Russia might enter a period of Brezhnevian stagnation if Putin were to be re-elected as President.

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4416/19265501.19/0_7c453_3186b5e1_XL

http://oper.ru/gallery/view.php?t=1048752602

http://www.snob.ru/chronicle/entry/2809

http://nnm.ru/blogs/ashkaa777/putina_zamenit_leonid_ilich_brezhnev/

http://tmt-index.ru/news/article/satire-thrives-as-putin-likened-to-brezhnev/444562.html

http://www.newsland.ru/news/detail/id/793643/

http://besttoday.ru/postimage/339.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9428000/9428786.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15553373

Modern Russian Satire

...At the Moscow Times...

...in Newsweek...(via another blog)

...on Reuters...

Russian Satire on the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l6y5m

Satirical Journals of the 1905 Revolution

The University of Chicago's Library's Special Collections contains some satirical journals from 1905. How far, I have often wondered, did these journals influence Krokodil?

Modern Russian satire

Medvedev cult.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14923906