9783931141974
Unfinished Dissertation: Or Discussions With Oneself
Boris Michailov; Margarita Tupitsyn; Boris Mikhaylov; Alexis Schwarzenbach
ISBN 13: 9783931141974
Publisher: Scalo Verlag Ac
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
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"I, Mikhaylov Boris Andreevich, born 1938, Ukrainian. Father Mikhaylov Andrey Nikolaevich, Ukrainian, born 1909. Mother Mikhaylova Khaya Markovna, Jewish, born 1911. Brother, Mikhaylov Anatoliy Andreevich. The only foreign country I have been to is Poland. I have no criminal record. Now I am employed as a photographer at the House of Political Education (in actual fact I am in charge of cleaning the floors)". In 1985, when the Soviet Union still existed, Mikhaylov created a wonderful series of handcolored and toned photographic prints, integrating philosophical, lyrical or enigmatic statements with pictures of every day life situations. Now that Mikhaylov has become a secret star of the Western art scene -- a "brother" of Ilya Kabakov -- this book shows the poetic power of an artist switching in a staggering way between reality and the artificial. This artist's book is a compelling album of sharp humour, deep sadness and unexpected ruptures that characterize our contemporary lives and our selves.
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Book Description: Scalo, Zurich, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition (English), first printing. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, with dust jacket. Photographs and text by Boris Mikhailov. Essay by Margarita Tupitsyn. 220 pp., with 208 four-color plates. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. CONDITION: New in publisher's shrink-wrap. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004).] From the publisher: "Between 1984 and 1985, when the old Soviet Union was still a harsh reality, Boris Mikhailov worked on Unfinished Dissertation. He glued his pictures of everyday life in Kharkov, Ukraine, on the back pages of an unfinished dissertation. On the margins of the pages he jotted down fragmentary thoughts, diaristic observations, quotes from books he read. They are sometimes wry, sometimes melancholy musings on Soviet society, art, and photography. Mikhailov discovers beauty amidst the dreariness and absurdity of the everyday in a provincial town in a crumbling empire. His notes are a stimulating counterpoint to the photographs: As monotonous and banal life might ever be, the human mind and its resilient will to play always offer a last refuge for the individual. Unfinished Dissertation weaves together critical thought, narrative fragments, and witty, wistful, and enigmatic sequences of images, thus creating a new genre of artist's book. Bookseller Inventory # 100570 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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