Ilya Kabakov

Basic Data

Ilya Kabakov is a Russian painter and conceptual artist of the present. During his creative period in the Soviet Union, he was considered a major representative of 'Moscow Conceptualism'.

• Date of Birth: September 30, 1933
• Birthplace: Dnepropetrowsk, Soviet Union
• Nationality: Russian Art
• Studies: VA Surikov Art Academy Moscow
• Era: Contemporary Art
• Style: Neo-conceptual art

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Exhibitions

• 24.09.21 – 09.01.22 The Cool and the Cold. Malerei aus den USA und der UdSSR 1960–1990 – Gropius Bau, Berlin. Berlin.
• 03.07.21 – 12.09.21 The Ironic Curtain Art from the Soviet Underground – Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia.
• 08.11.19 – 03.05.20 The Missing Planet - Centro Pecci, Prato.
• 19.10.19 – 23.02.20 Michael Müller. "DEINE KUNST" The Conditions of Being Art (oder der Amateur) Dritte Fassung - Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg.
• 06.06.19 – 31.10.19 Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: How to Meet an Angel - Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
• 08.03.18 – 19.05.18 Avatars. The artist and his double - Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse.
• 01.12.17 – 02.04.18 Künstlerbücher. Die Sammlung - Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• 18.10.17 – 28.01.18 Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future - Tate Modern, London.

Filme

• Mit Fliegen und Engel, documentary by Niels Bolbrinker, 93 min, 2009.
• Die seltsame Stadt der Kabakovs (La cité étrange des Kabakov), documentary by Heinz Peter Schwerfel, 26 min, France 2013.

Literature

• Die totale Aufklärung: Moskauer Konzeptkunst 1960–1990, Boris Groys, Max Hollein, Manuel Fontan del Junco (Publ.), Ostfildern 2008.
• Ilya Kabakov Das angeflogene Archiv - The arriving archive, Ausstellungskatalog, Ursula Keller, Galerie der Stadt Backnang, Ostfildern 1999.

Collections

Germany

• Frankfurt - DZ BANK Kunstsammlung
• Frankfurt - MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
• Düsseldorf - K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen
• Dresden - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
• Leipzig - gfzk | Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst
• Munich - Artothek München

France

• Paris - Centre Pompidou

Poland

• Warsaw - Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art           

Belgium

• Antwerp - MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

Russia

• Moskow - MMOMA Moscow
• Moskow - ART4.RU contemporary art museum, Moscow
• Sankt Petersburg - State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg / RUS °

Weblinks

• Ilya Kabakov Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
• www.kabakov.net Website of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.

News

• Ilya Kabakov Harnesses His Inner Misanthrope to Maintain Artistic Independence, in: www.hyperallergic.com, by: Dorian Batycka, date: 22.02.19.