Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

165 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb. Broschiert.

Bemerkung:

Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Text holländisch und englisch. Teils russisch. - A great many aspects of the body of work compiled by Ilya Kabakov can be explained by the fact that he was living in Moscow in the era of the "iron curtain'. Since his first exhibition in the West in 1985, he realised hundreds of installations which mainly evoke and portray the absurd and Kafkaesque nature and the schizoid character of soviet society. The haunting expression and oppressive, stifling atmosphere of these spaces referring to soviet reality was more essential and important than the objects placed into them. As a rule, objects and utensils generally were monotonous, dirty, ill-made and most of the time broken in Russia. When he travelled to the West for the first time, he was shocked by the differences he assessed. As opposed to Russia, it appeared that in the West most attention was bestowed upon the object, which was always pretty and in good shape, whereas the surrounding space was better lit and warmer, yet more anonymous.