Frame of Mind: Artist Oleg Kulik Rethinks Religious Art

CALVERT JOURNAL
By Oleg Kulik
"Madonna" by Oleg Kulik
RUSSIA---At the beginning of my career I never planned on becoming a human-dog or on studying Buddhist or Christian philosophy. Oleg Kulik made his name with shocking, provocative performance art with an animal twist — most memorable are his extended periods inhabiting the persona of a dog and his bid for president in the guise of a bull. But now, at a new show, Frames, at Moscow’s Regina Gallery, Kulik’s art is taking a new turn, investigating the role of the sacred in contemporary society.  [link]

"Madonna" detail

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