Ilya Kabakov
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| - | '''Ilya Kabakov''', [[Russian language|Russian]] Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в (September 30, 1933), is a Russian-American conceptual artist of [[Jewish]] descent, born in [[Dnipropetrovsk]], [[Ukraine]]. He worked for thirty years in [[Moscow]], from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives and works on [[Long Island]]. He was named by [[ArtNews]] as one of the "ten greatest living artists" in 2000. | + | '''Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov''' (Russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в; September 30, 1933 – May 27, 2023) was a Russian–American conceptual artist, born in [[Dnipropetrovsk]] in what was then the [[Ukrainian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]]. He worked for thirty years in [[Moscow]], from the 1950s until the late 1980s. After that lived and worked on [[Long Island]], United States. |
| - | Throughout his forty-year plus career, Kabakov has produced a wide range of paintings, drawings, installations, and theoretical texts — not to mention extensive memoirs that track his life from his childhood to the early 1980s. In recent years, he has created installations that evoked the [[visual culture]] of the [[Soviet Union]], though this theme has never been the exclusive focus of his work. Unlike some underground Soviet artists, Kabakov joined the [[USSR Union of Artists|Union of Soviet Artists]] in 1959, and became a full-member in 1965. This was a prestigious position in the USSR and it brought with it substantial material benefits. In general, Kabakov illustrated children's books for 3–6 months each year and then spent the remainder of his time on his own projects. | + | ==Early life== |
| + | Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov was born on September 30, 1933 in Dnipropetrovsk, [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]. His mother, accountant Bertha Judelevna Solodukhina, and his father, locksmith Iosif Bentcionovitch Kabakov, were Jewish. Ilya was evacuated during [[World War II]] to [[Samarkand]] with his mother. There he started attending the school of the Leningrad Academy of Art which was evacuated to Samarkand. His classmates included the painter [[Mikhail Turovsky]]. | ||
| - | By using fictional biographies, many inspired by his own experiences, Kabakov has attempted to explain the birth and death of the Soviet Union, which he claims to be the first modern society to disappear. In the Soviet Union, Kabakov discovers elements common to every modern society, and in doing so he examines the rift between [[capitalism]] and [[communism]]. Rather than depict the Soviet Union as a failed Socialist project defeated by Western economics, Kabakov describes it as one utopian project among many, capitalism included. By reexamining historical narratives and perspectives, Kabakov delivers a message that every project, whether public or private, important or trivial, has the potential to fail due to the potentially authoritarian will to power. | + | ===Education=== |
| + | After the WW2 his family moved to Moscow. From 1945 to 1951, he studied at the Moscow Art School; in 1957 he graduated from V.I. Surikov State Art Institute, Moscow, where he specialized in graphic design and book [[illustration]]. | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
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| + | Unlike many underground Soviet artists, Kabakov joined the [[USSR Union of Artists|Union of Soviet Artists]] in 1959 and became a full member in 1962. This was a prestigious position in the USSR and it brought with it substantial material benefits. In general, Kabakov illustrated children's books for 3 to 6 months a year and then spent the remainder of his time on his own projects. | ||
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| + | ==The 1980s== | ||
| + | Between 1983 and 2000, Kabakov created [[List of art installations by Ilya Kabakov (1983-2000)|155 installations]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} | ||
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| + | ==Personal life and death== | ||
| + | In 1989, Kabakov also began working with his niece Emilia, who would later become his wife and who emigrated from the USSR in 1973. | ||
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| + | Kabakov died on May 27, 2023, at the age of 89. | ||
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| + | ==Exhibitions and collectors== | ||
| + | Following in the wake of [[Mikhail Chemiakin]]'s 1995 show, Ilya Kabakov had one of the first major solo exhibitions of a living Russian artist at the new [[State Hermitage Museum]] in [[St. Petersburg]] in 2004. | ||
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| + | His works are included in the collections of the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg), Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, The Hermitage, Tretjakov Gallery (Moscow), Norway Museum Of Contemporary Art, the [[Kolodzei Art Foundation]] and museums in Columbus, Ohio, Frankfurt, and Köln, etc. | ||
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| + | In 2017 the [[Tate Modern]] in London exhibited ''Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future'' and the [[Hirshhorn Museum]] in Washington, D.C. set up an exhibition ''Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Utopian Projects.'' | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[List of Russian artists]] | ||
| + | * [[Moscow Conceptualism]] | ||
| + | * [[Irina Nakhova]] | ||
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Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov (Russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в; September 30, 1933 – May 27, 2023) was a Russian–American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. He worked for thirty years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. After that lived and worked on Long Island, United States.
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Early life
Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov was born on September 30, 1933 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. His mother, accountant Bertha Judelevna Solodukhina, and his father, locksmith Iosif Bentcionovitch Kabakov, were Jewish. Ilya was evacuated during World War II to Samarkand with his mother. There he started attending the school of the Leningrad Academy of Art which was evacuated to Samarkand. His classmates included the painter Mikhail Turovsky.
Education
After the WW2 his family moved to Moscow. From 1945 to 1951, he studied at the Moscow Art School; in 1957 he graduated from V.I. Surikov State Art Institute, Moscow, where he specialized in graphic design and book illustration.
Career
Unlike many underground Soviet artists, Kabakov joined the Union of Soviet Artists in 1959 and became a full member in 1962. This was a prestigious position in the USSR and it brought with it substantial material benefits. In general, Kabakov illustrated children's books for 3 to 6 months a year and then spent the remainder of his time on his own projects.
The 1980s
Between 1983 and 2000, Kabakov created 155 installations.Template:Cn
Personal life and death
In 1989, Kabakov also began working with his niece Emilia, who would later become his wife and who emigrated from the USSR in 1973.
Kabakov died on May 27, 2023, at the age of 89.
Exhibitions and collectors
Following in the wake of Mikhail Chemiakin's 1995 show, Ilya Kabakov had one of the first major solo exhibitions of a living Russian artist at the new State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 2004.
His works are included in the collections of the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg), Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, The Hermitage, Tretjakov Gallery (Moscow), Norway Museum Of Contemporary Art, the Kolodzei Art Foundation and museums in Columbus, Ohio, Frankfurt, and Köln, etc.
In 2017 the Tate Modern in London exhibited Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. set up an exhibition Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Utopian Projects.
See also
