Ilya Kabakov - The Man Who Never Threw Anything Away

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1996. Text: English. 255 pages; 290 ills. including 70 plates in full color; 25 x 32 cm; 2,1 kg. Ilya Kabakov (°1933) is the most compelling and influential artist to have emerged from the former Soviet Union. Sometimes called 'the father of Moscow Conceptuaism', Kabakov combines drawings, paperworks, paintings and garbage in complex installations that translate the unsettling experience of Soviet life into universal metaphors for the human condition. Contents: Introduction - Robert Storr / Preamble: a context - Amei Wallach / 1902-1941: Life as Art / 1943-1951: Art School / 1951-1957: Anti-Apprenticeship / 1957-1960: A Voice 'for Myself' / 1960-1968: Speaking in tongues / 1968-1972: Of Russian Romantics / 1972-1978: The Flying Kabakov / 1978-1985: The Untalented Artist / 1985-1988: The man who flew into space / 1988-1991: Dislocations / 1991-1993: Life as flight / 1993-1994: Art as life / Catalogue of works/ Drawings / Albums / Paperworks / Paintings / Works with garbage / Installations / Notes / Bibliography / Index / Acknowlegments / Credits. We join a b/w press photo (24 x 17,5 cm) 'In memory of pleasant memories - project of the installation'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.