Art as a form of resistance to the United Soviet Socialist Republic is a common motif throughout Unbearable as Lightness of Being. Teresa takes pictures in the streets as the tanks are marching into the Czechoslovakia. Tomas writes article compares Oedipus and the USSR. Tomas says that they are similar, in that they both had good intentions that turned bad. Oedipus when he discovered that he had done something bad however gouged his eyes out for killing his father and sleeping with his mother. The USSR however has not punished themselves for straying from their original intentions. There were many forms of art that Czechoslovakians used to protest the USSR invasion of their home country. One of these artists was Milan Knizak. Milan was a performance artist, sculptor, and musician during the 1960s protesting the USSR takeover.
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These are a few examples of his art. This last one was a painting he did, using his art to critique the Soviet Union. He uses the hearts inside the Hammer and Sickle sarcastically.
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