A presentation prepared for the Dostoevsky Day at the University of Leeds, 19 February 2106 (http://www.dostoevskynow.org.uk/dostoevsky-day-programme/). Vlad Monroe's work can be found here: http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/exhibitions/vladislav-mamyshev-monro-dostoevsky-in-baden-baden/

1. VLAD MONROE
DOSTOEVSKY IN BADEN-
BADEN
MOSCOW MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
MOSCOW, 22.IV.2004—9.V.2004

2. Vlad
Mamyshev
12/10/1969 (Leningrad)
- 16/03/2013 (Bali)

3. Marilyn Monroe
• 1986 – Novye
Khudozhniki (New
Artists / New Academy)
• 1989: Piratskoe
Televidenie (Pirate TV);
first appearance as
Marylin Monroe
• 1990s: the XL Gallery;
writing for the
magazines ‘Kabinet’,
‘Ptyuch’

4. Lyubov Orlova
• 2000 – first
appearance as Lyubov
Orlova
• 2006 – ‘Volga-Volga’
with Vlad Mamyshev-
Monroe starring as
Dunya Petrova
• 2007 – the Kandinsky
Prize in the category
‘Media Art. Project of
the Year’ for ‘Volga-
Volga’

5. Quiz: Who is that?
• more than 70
impersonations of
celebrities, monarchs,
great historical and
literary figures;
• more than 30
impersonations of
film, novel and fairy
tale characters

6. Quiz: Who is that?
• works are kept in
more than 20
museums and private
collections in and
outside Russia;
• more than 30
personal exhibitions;
• participation in more
than 70 contemporary
art exhibitions

7. Religion
2003 – the notorious
‘Ostorozhno, religiya!’
(‘Caution, Religion!)
exhibition

8. Shakespeare
2012 – starring in the
fashion-performance
‘Polonium’

9. Social media
icon for gay
rights

10. Quiz:
Who is that?

11. What associations do we have with the name
‘Dostoevsky’?
What is the connection between Dostoevsky and Baden-
Baden?

12. How are Dostoevsky’s novels different?
What is special about Dostoevsky’s characters?
What themes are in the focus of his attention?

14. religion and
Christianity

16. nature, sole,
land

18. spiritual
search and lost
souls

20. morality and
the ‘Russian
soul’

22. ‘infernality’
and vice

24. suffering and
solitude

26. ‘picaresque’
narrative and
plotlines

28. gambling

30. self-seeking
and self-
knowledge

32. ‘polyphony’ of
equal voices; a
‘dialogue’
between the
author and his
characters

33. Dostoevsky and Vlad Monroe: discussion