Behind Russia’s Protests: Artistic Ferment

In 2011, Vladimir Dubosarski and Alexander Vinogradov painted "For Valour," a series of odes to the grandmother and grandfather survivors of World War II, known here as The Great Fatherland War. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

5 In 2011, Vladimir Dubosarski and Alexander Vinogradov painted "For Valour," a series of odes to the grandmother and grandfather survivors of World War II, known here as The Great Fatherland War. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

Lenin's Tomb turns red to match the the square? The Communist movement? or Lenin's bloody hold on Russia? And why are the Lenins in steel, the metal associated with his successor, Stalin, the Man of Steel? Only Vitali Komar and Alexander Melamud , the ins

6 Lenin's Tomb turns red to match the the square? The Communist movement? or Lenin's bloody hold on Russia? And why are the Lenins in steel, the metal associated with his successor, Stalin, the Man of Steel? Only Vitali Komar and Alexander Melamud , the ins

7 Jackson Pollock seems to meet Socialist Realism in "Double Diversion" painted in 2009 by Diana Machulina. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

"The Guys from Our Yard" all have the same face in this photo montage created in 2004 by The Blue Noses, an artist collective represented here by Alexander Shaburov and Vyacheslav Mizin. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

8 "The Guys from Our Yard" all have the same face in this photo montage created in 2004 by The Blue Noses, an artist collective represented here by Alexander Shaburov and Vyacheslav Mizin. (VOA Photo/James Brooke)

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Behind Russia’s Protests: Artistic Ferment