Kabakov ilya biography of rory

Born in 1933 in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union, since the 1970s Ilya Kabakov has had a pivotal role in the movement of Russian Conceptualism. Inextricably made in collaboration with his wife Emilia, Kabakov’s work is a deep analysis of the individual’s social conditions during the post-Stalinist period in the Soviet Union.

Yet it is imbued with utopian images and subjects, which arise from the imagination of the artist and function as a powerful means of evading reality.

Ilya Kabakov passed away in the USA on 27 May 2023.

Since the early 1990s Ilya and Emilia have collaborated to make installations which are conceived and defined as ‘total installations’.

The ‘total installations’ present situations and scenes that are inspired by the artists' milieu and completely surround the visitor with complex references to history, art, literature and philosophy.

Starting from 2005 their project 'The Ship of Tolerance' has been presented intern