Ilya Kabakov /
Boris Groys, David A. Ross, Iwona Blazwick.
- London : Phaidon, 1998.
- 160p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
- Contemporary artists .
- Contemporary artists .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).
Interview David A.Ross in conversation with Ilya Kabakov--Survey Boris Groys the moveable cave, or Kabakov\'s self memorials--Focus Iwona Blazwick going to heaven--Artist\'s choice Anton Chekhov the Steppe (extract), 1888--Artist\'s writings Ilya Kabakov the man who never threw anything away, 1977--Not everyone will be taken into the future--Mental institution, or Institute of creative research, 1991--The life of flies, 1992--The communal kitchen, 1992--Cezanne, 1995--In conversation with Robert Storr (extract), 1995--Healing with paintings, 1996--Monument to the lost glove, 1996--The palace of projects (extract), 1998--The boat of my life, 1993.
Kabakov is considered the most important artist to have emerged from Russia in the late-20th century. This work surveys his career, analysing its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history.
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Kabakov, Ilʹi͡a--Interviews. Kabakov, Ilʹi͡a--Criticism and interpretation.
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