Non-Grata is a performance art group from Estonia. Founded by Al Paldrok, aka Anonymous Boh, in 1998, it has become an underground legend whose exploits are whispered about in art circles all over the world. The phrase persona non grata, meaning “an unwelcome person.” The group has been traveling the world practicing performance art with a revolving set of members that have amassed over the years (total of 500 different individuals).
“Academia Non Grata was created for one purpose, [to be] a counterbalance to the bend-over attitude of the art world, which was dominated by the Yankee-style capitalism in our society,” said Paldrok. “Artists have become either the ones who satisfy society’s certain aesthetic needs, small-scale entrepreneurs producing pretty things, or society’s fools, officially labelled as the opponent.”
Hyperallergic “The Raw Side of Performance Art” by David LaGaccia
