Art | Activist-artist Jelena Osipova’s exhibition opened in St. Petersburg as an anti-war protest

in St. Petersburg there is an exhibition opposing the Russian war of aggression, says the news channel France 24.

Artist and activist Jelena Osipova, 77, opposes the war. His art takes a stand on Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

The exhibition features 15 of Osipova’s variously anti-war works, which the artist worked on between 2014 and 2022.

According to Osipova, it is an anti-war exhibition and protest. He described his exhibition as a “gesture of regret”.

Student is a well-known activist in his hometown who has criticized the Kremlin’s actions for a long time. He organized the first protest in 2002, when gunmen took theatergoers hostage on Wednesday night in Moscow. The armed attackers were Chechen rebels demanding an end to the war in Chechnya.

Since then, Osipova has organized demonstrations regularly. He has been arrested several times.

The St. Petersburg exhibition has been organized by a representative of the local branch of the democratic Jabloko opposition party Aleksandr Shishlov. According to him, some of Osipova’s works have been left out of the exhibition because they would violate current legislation.

Freedom of speech and media tightened In Russia, to unprecedented proportions since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February in 2022.

Osipova in a BBC interview has said that after the war started, he could not eat for three days.

In March 2022, The Guardian reported About Osipova’s protest. Osipova protested the war shortly after the Russian invasion in the street with two signs she had made. The police moved Osipova off the street and confiscated at least one of the signs she had made.

Osipova’s exhibition ends on February 24, the anniversary of the war of aggression against Russia.

Correction February 4 at 10:05 a.m.: Jelena Osipova’s name was previously mistakenly written as Elena Osipova in the story.