{"product_id":"police-state-nadya-tolokonnikova-pussy-riot-hardcover","title":"Police State: Nadya Tolokonnikova \/ Pussy Riot - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadya Tolokonnikova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLICE STATE documents Nadya Tolokonnikova's 10-day performance exhibition at MOCA Los Angeles (2025). Tolokonnikova is an artist, activist and a creator of Pussy Riot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time, Americans were far away from the operations of dictatorships in other parts of the world; now, for the first time, we are not looking elsewhere for examples of government suppression of lawful citizen protests. In Los Angeles, Chicago, Maine, Arizona, and Minneapolis, armed, masked ICE agents are attacking protesters with pepper spray, tear gas, truncheons, physical assault, deportation, arrest, and, yes, lethal force. \u003cbr\u003e In contrast to the tactics of unhinged dictators, artists in places like Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia are practiced in the use of art -- painting, installation art, photography, literature and music - as a contrast and a challenge to the abuses of such regimes. In June 2025, documenting the incarceration of dissidents, a founder of the all-women band, Pussy Riot, created an installation with images, prison letters, drawings, and other artwork by Russian political prisoners. But there is more: she also included images of ICE -- under the guise of homeland security -- outside her exhibition at MOCA-Geffen in Los Angeles: brutality and fascism at the doors of an arts institution devoted to free expression.\u003cbr\u003e Suddenly our democracy is under threat. And, suddenly, a book on art as resistance is available, timely and necessary.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadya Tolokonnikova\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist, activist and a creator of Pussy Riot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 12.29 x 9.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48817459364088,"sku":"9798898140304","price":71.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/BqIRLt_EFK9798898140304.webp?v=1780599063","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/police-state-nadya-tolokonnikova-pussy-riot-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}