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Dialogues
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ISBN: 1978814933 197881495X 9781978814936 9781978814950 9781978814943 1978814941 9781978814929 1978814925 Year: 2019 Publisher: New Jersey

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Artists in the Soviet Union faced a difficult choice: either join the official academies and make art that conformed to the state’s aesthetic and ideological dictates, or attempt to develop alternative artistic practices and spheres for exhibiting their work. In the early 1970s, conceptual artists Ilya Kabakov and Viktor Pivovarov chose the latter option, turning their limited resources into an asset by pioneering an entirely new artistic genre: the album. Somewhere between drawings and novels, Kabakov and Pivovarov’s albums were also the basis for unique performance pieces, as the artists invited select audiences to their Moscow apartments for private readings and viewings of the albums, helping to cultivate an alternative artistic community in the process. This exhibition catalog brings together Kabakov and Pivovarov’s key works for the first time, putting the two artists in dialogue and recreating their artistic community. It not only includes nearly hundred pages of full-color illustrations, but also provides complete English translations of the Russian texts that appear in the volume, plus new interviews with each artist. Taken together, they give viewers a new appreciation of the different aesthetic strategies each artist used to depict the absurdities of everyday life in the Soviet era. Published in partnership with the Zimmerli Museum.

Ilya Kabakov : installations 1983-1995
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ISBN: 2858508267 9782858508266 Year: 1995 Publisher: Paris: Centre Pompidou,


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Ilya and Emilia Kabakov : not everyone will be taken into the future
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ISBN: 9781849764650 1849764654 Year: 2017 Publisher: London: Tate Publishing,

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Conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, both from the former Soviet Union, are among the most celebrated contemporary artists of their generation. Widely known for their pioneering iconoclastic installations and use of fictional characters, the Kabakovs address universal themes such as utopia and the human condition. Drawing upon nearly six decades of work, this book charts the Kabakovs' incredible artistic journey, from the early paintings, drawings, albums and sculptures made by Ilya working as an unofficial artist in Moscow in the 1960s, through to his move to New York in the late 1980s - a turning point which marked the beginning of his collaboration with Emilia on immersive and often large-scale installations. Illustrated with over 100 works, and interspersed with excerpts from Ilya Kabakov's own writings, this beautiful book contextualises the Kabakovs' artistic practice and celebrates a career exemplified by innovation and originality. Celebrating five decades of work, this book traces a line from Ilya Kabakov's early paintings, drawings, albums and installations to the collaborative projects made with his wife Emilia following his emigration to the West in 1987. Exploring the themes of failed utopia and political disillusionment, as well as fantasies of escape and transcendence, this publication includes texts from leading art historians that contextualise the artists' practice along with the artists' own writings providing insight into a career exemplified by innovation and originality. This beautiful book introduces newcomers to these important artists, while also serving as a key reference for those already familiar with their work.

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