The protest art of the youth: social and cultural analysis

The article discusses the sociocultural phenomenon of youth protest art, is characterized by the features of its manifestations, a classification of the directions of street art (pop art, video art, installations, graffiti, conceptual art, street art, land art, hyperrealism, Arte-Povera and art activism, etc.). Authors conducted the scientific analysis of art-activism as current trends in youth arts, systematic protests held in recent years in Russia. Identified psychological and social indicators of protest art, as well as innovative formats of the protest culture. The protest culture is considered as the existential collective drama, do not contain specific messages, concentrating attention to its contextual basis.