The memoirs of the most famous Soviet artist in the West about the time, about himself and his comrades are sparing with emotions. Although the time he writes about was perhaps the most dramatic for artists who did not share the principles of socialist realism.
The memoirs of the most famous Soviet artist in the West about the time, about himself and his comrades are sparing with emotions. Although the time he writes about was perhaps the most dramatic for artists who did not share the principles of socialist realism. After the exhibition in the Manezh in 1962 and the «bulldozer» exhibition 12 years later, many were forced to go underground. Ilya Kabakov became one of the key figures in the nonconformist community… His book is the key to the work not only of the «romantic conceptualist» (as Kabakov defined his style), but also of his colleagues.
Art critics say about him: “Having gathered together all the Soviet rubbish, Kabakov molds his own model of the universe from it.” From words and punctuation marks, he managed to weave, to recreate a bygone era as he saw it.
UFO. 368 p., 150 rubles.
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