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No Order Makes Any Sense: A Conversation on Ilya Kabakov
Boris Groys and Anton Khitrov
I would say that contemporary civilization is a civilization in which nothingness has disappeared. Kabakov’s treatment of garbage still retains the intuition of nothingness. He assumes that it is possible to disappear into nothingness, and he often describes it—for example, as a departure into outer space from one’s room.
e-flux Journal
Posted: October 5, 2023
Category
Contemporary Art
Subjects
Conceptual & Post-Conceptual Art, Soviet Union