ILYA KABAKOV
LECTURE 2: THE WORK OF ART AS A MYTHOLOGICAL SPACE BETWEEN THE SPECTATOR AND THE PROTAGONIST
A COURSE OF LECTURES: THE FAMILY TREE OF RUSSIAN CONTEMPORARY ART
Vitaliy Patsukov
Friday, July 3, 2015, 19:30
Garage Education Center
Free admission
The art of Ilya Kabakov belongs to the reflexive tradition stemming from the intellectual discoveries of Marcel Duchamp, the artistic strategies of Fluxus, and the great works of Russian literature. His practice—beginning with painting, objects, and installations, before returning to painting once again—is based on an interplay of words and images. Kabakov’s visual philosophy minimizes the distance between the work of art and the spectator, who becomes a participant in the artistic process. In his lecture, Vitaliy Patsukov will discuss Kabakov’s artistic career as a journey from the personal emotional space to the existential reality of the intellectual realm.
Vitaly Patsukov is a curator, art historian and Head of Interdisciplinary Programs at the National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA). He has initiated several educational and research projects dedicated to the legacy of the avant-garde and contemporary art. He specializes in the history of relations between science, art, and the integrated forms of artistic consciousness.
Images:
Ilya Kabakov, 1977
Photo: Igor Palmin
Garage Archive Collection (Leonid Talochkin archive)Ilya Kabakov, No name, 1971
Alexander Kronik collectionIlya Kavakov, Where is our place? 2003
InstallationIlya Kabakov, Schedule of Slop Pail Dumping, 1980
