Erik Bulatov: Come to Garage!

Ruth Addison

ISBN 10: 5905110727 / ISBN 13: 9785905110726

Published by Art Gid, RU, 2017

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Since the beginning of his career in the 1960s, Russian artist Erik Bulatov has investigated the potential of painting as social commentary. A founder of the school of Moscow Conceptualism-alongside Ilya Kabakov, Collective Actions, and Komar and Melamid among others-Bulatov developed what has been described as conceptual painting, using text and image to explore spatial preoccupations that mirror his understanding of social relations. This book follows the making of the artist's largest work to date: a thirty-two-feet high monumental diptych made in his trademark graphic style, reminiscent of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky's advertising posters from the 1920s. Introducing an innovative assessment of Bulatov's oeuvre, this richly illustrated publication includes an essay by Garage curator Snejana Krasteva exploring his use of monumental scale, an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and several of Bulatov's texts spanning the period 1978-2006, which are translated into English for the first time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Erik Bulatov: Come to Garage!
• Publisher: Art Gid, RU
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 5905110727
• ISBN 13: 9785905110726
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

Since the beginning of his career in the 1950s, Russian artist Erik Bulatov (born 1933) has investigated the potential of painting as social commentary. A founder of the school of Moscow Conceptualism alongside Ilya Kabakov, Collective Actions and Komar & Melamid, among others, Bulatov developed what has been described as conceptual painting, using text and image to explore spatial preoccupations that mirror his understanding of social relations. This volume follows the making of the artist’s largest work to date: a 30-foot-high monumental diptych made in his trademark graphic style, reminiscent of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky’s advertising posters from the 1920s.

Introducing an innovative assessment of Bulatov’s oeuvre, this richly illustrated book includes an essay by Snejana Krasteva exploring his use of monumental scale, an interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist and several texts by the artist which are translated to English for the first time.

About the Author

Erik Bulatov (b.1933) lives and works in Moscow and Paris. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art's New Work series examines in depth the making of a large-scale commission, focusing on methods of research and production to provide new perspectives on the practice of a mid-career or established artist whose work resonates across cultures.