Laika's The Collapse of Democracy Opens at Rosso20sette in Rome

Fatti principali

• Laika's solo exhibition The Collapse of Democracy opens on 10 October 2026 at 18:00 at Rosso20sette arte contemporanea, Via del Sudario 39, Rome, and runs until 14 November 2026.
• The show is curated by Team Laika and features approximately twenty works, including paintings on canvas, drawings on paper, and installations.
• The exhibition is divided into three themes: the triumph of wars for profit, the American paradox of hostility toward foreigners, and tributes to figures like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
• Key works include There is no peace without human rights, The flag for the oppressed (reworking the American flag with Palestinian symbols), Blood for oil (oil barrels painted with portraits of children), We the People, No one is illegal on stolen land, and the title piece The Collapse of Democracy, depicting a falling Statue of Liberty.
• Laika met Shepard Fairey (OBEY) while creating a mural for the exhibition.
• Laika is an anonymous Italian street artist and human rights activist, awarded the Art and Human Rights Award by Amnesty International in 2023.
• Laika's recent actions include a 400-nautical-mile performance from Barcelona to Sanremo in February 2026 titled AGAIN, painting boats for the Global Sumud Flotilla in August 2025 and April 2026, and a protest poster against Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino outside FIFA headquarters in Zurich in June 2026.
• The exhibition is supported by The Winch, GPL Production, and Tiburtini Carattere Tipografico, and is dedicated to Clara.