Russian artist Vasily Slonov's satirical posters for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were exhibited at the the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Russian Urals city of Permas part of famous Russian gallerist Marat Gelman's White Nights festival. The exhibition was closed by the authorities under the pretest of unauthorized use of the Sochi 2014 symbol.
Welcome! Sochi 2014
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A man looks at a computer screen displaying photo reproductions of satirical posters on the 2014 Sochi Olympics by artist Vasily Slonov exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in Perm on June 7, 2013. The exhibition runs as part of Marat Gelman's White Nights festival.
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A picture of a monster-like Cheburashka, Soviet iconic annimation charachter with oversized-ears from Vasily Slonov's Welcome! Sochi-2014 exhibition dedicated to the 22nd Winter Olympic Games.
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A picture of crosses made out of logs with ice hockey helmets on them on display at Vasily Slonov's Welcome! Sochi-2014 exhibition dedicated to the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Perm.
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A poster showing road signs directing to Gulag, Chornobyl, Sibir and Lubyanka, the location of Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters, at Vasily Slonov's Welcome! Sochi-2014 exhibition dedicated to the 22nd Winter Olympic Games, Perm.