Pyotr Pavlensky, who once nailed his scrotum to Red Squares cobblestones, says protest is over return to Soviet-era methodsA controversial Russian artist who once nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square has been hospitalised after cutting off his earlobe to protest at the forced psychiatric treatment of dissidents.Pyotr Pavlensky, a St Petersburg-based performance artist, climbed naked on to the roof of Moscows Serbsky psychiatric centre on Sunday and cut off his right earlobe with a large kitchen knife. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
