An ideal citizen

Opposite the former KGB building in Lithuania, a bust of Pavlensky was installed in Lithuania

On March 11, the Lithuanian sculptor Gintoutas Lukoshaita installed the sculpture “I am an ideal citizen” in front of the former KGB building in Vilnius: a pedestal on wheels with a bust of the Russian actor-activist Peter Pavlensky. Pavlensky is depicted with his mouth sewn - so he entered the “seam” campaign in support of Pussy Riot.

According to the Lithuanian publication 15min.lt, the sculpture stood on Lukishkes Square near the former KGB building for a short time - the time that the performance of the performance of the performance lasted the work of the performance. During the presentation, the drummer of the Lithuanian group BIX Gintoutas Gastsyaviyus tapped with chains and sticks on empty cans and plate, after which the text of the “manifesto of the ideal citizen” was read out (apparently written by the author of the sculpture).

The sculptor Gintoutas Lukoshaitis explained that his work is not a monument to Pavlensky, but rather a “metaphor for such concepts as a human touch, citizen, courage and fear.”

Pavlensky held the action "seam" in support of Pussy Riot in 2012. Then the artist with a sewn mouth arranged a single picket near the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, holding the poster “Pussy Riot action was replaying the famous action of Jesus Christ (Matt. 21: 12–13)”.

Now Pavlensky is located in the Butyrka pre -trial detention center, where hewas transferred in February from the Institute of Psychiatry. Serbian. He is accused of vandalism based on ideological hatred for the “threat” campaign - on November 9, 2015, he doused with gasoline and set fire to the FSB building on Lubyanka in Moscow.