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30/12/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Russia's 'Dog Man'

How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.

How Russian conceptual artist Oeg Kulik posed naked, pretending to be a guard dog, attacking passers by in Moscow. It was his protest at conditions in post-Soviet Russia.

In November 1994, the Russian conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed in front of an art gallery in central Moscow, naked, pretending to be a guard dog and attacking passers by. It was his way of highlighting the fact since the collapse of the USSR three years earlier, Russians had lost their ability to relate to each other, and were reduced to living like animals. Dina Newman speaks to Kulik about his protest performance, which made him famous around the world.

Photo: Oleg Kulik impersonating a Mad Dog, 25th Nov 1994, Moscow. Credit: private archive

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