Synopsis
Ilya Kabakov is considered one of the most important contemporary artists worldwide. Born and raised in the Ukraine in the period between Stalin and Gorbatschow he left the country in the 80s. He lives and works in New York together with his wife Emilia.In his Installations and his numerous paintings Kabakov digests the traumatic experiences of his life in poverty and under constraints of a degenerated political system which has not lost its dictatorial structures fully until now. Using his subtle jewish humour he creates in his work a world of its own, which leaves the heaviness of socialist and postsocialist life far behind.
The film links Ilya Kabakovs artistic spaces with insights into russian everday life, which itself sometimes appears like an istallation by the artist. A narrative by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov interlinks biographical and political aspects of the film.
The film links Ilya Kabakovs artistic spaces with insights into russian everday life, which itself sometimes appears like an istallation by the artist. A narrative by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov interlinks biographical and political aspects of the film.