This catalogue presents the work three fictitous artists, all inventions of Ilya Kabakov.

Kabakov is considered the most important artist to have emerged from Russia in the late-20th century. This work surveys his career, analyzing its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history. It also discusses the artist's bridging of Eastern and Western art practices.

Examines modern and contemporary art according to its ideological function. This book considers art produced under totalitarianism, Socialism, and post-Communism.

The work of Jeff Wall has established photography at the forefront of contemporary art. In this revised edition, new writings by the artist add to the selection of his texts and interviews. An essay by French historian of art and photography surveys developments in the artists work since 1995.

Ilya Kabakov's installation - the focus of this book - forms a narrative, a documentation of a fictitious event involving lonely dreams and Soviet history.

Covers the history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to present practices that demand audience interaction. As the internet mindset browsing, sharing, collecting, producing permeates various aspects of society, this title reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the creation of open works of art.

A complete overview of the pioneering artist who brought photography to contemporary art.

Argues that the contemporary world was made possible by the downfall of historical communism. This book also argues that at the same time, political and aesthetic strategies - from a unified Europe to political Islam and contemporary mass culture - all bear the imprint of communist heritage.

Paintings 1957 2008 Catalogue Raisonn. Ilya Kabakov is currently one of the worlds most important and influential artists from the former Soviet Union. Following the publication of a two-volume catalogue raisonn of Kabakovs installations in 2003, a complete overview of Kabakovs paintings is now being made available for the first time. The focus of this two volume catalogue raisonn in a slipcase ..