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The Fly Ilya Kabakov

Subtitle

…The fly is certainly one of the metaphors of banality. What’s more, it demands artistic ranking now: or at least intends to be an exhibition item. Thus there’s some banality in art, yet it’s not the same if it’s a surface thing or impregnates the whole, for if the latter happens, it becomes only some annoying password, like here…

Artist

Ilya Kabakov Dnepropetrovsk, 1933 –

Culture Russian
Date 1982
Object type drawing
Medium, technique Indian ink, coloured pencil on paper
Dimensions

330 × 226 mm

Inventory number K.90.6/38
Collection Prints and Drawings
On view This artwork is not on display

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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