Ilya Kabakov - Installations 1983-2000

Richter Verlag, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. 31.8 x 24.4 x 11.7 cm. 1008 Pages. TWO VOLUME SET. Slipcase is marked and chipped in places. The struggle with one´s own memories has been the dominating theme of Ilya Kabakov (born 1933 in the Ukraine) since his move to the West in 1987. Kabakov invites our voyeurist gaze to enter a private sphere and reminds us of the ugly depressing features of communism´s decline, of the terror and one´s neighbours´ denunciations. Still today the reason behind Kabakov´s artistic production has remained a recapitulation of his own past that is closely linked to the phenomena of disintegration and loss of meaning in Soviet civilisation. These two sumptuous volumes show the 155 installations he created from 1983-2000, here for the first time comprehensively documented via photographs, sketches and technical drawings, along with the artist´s own textual commentary.