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7 Cards in this Set
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Nedko Solakov, Top Secret, 1989-1990 |
About being an informant in Communist Bulgaria. A warning to young people of the woven web of lies by the Institution. Caused a stir by him outing himself. His guilt and honesty. A confession. |
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Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, The Red Wagon |
Inspired by the grandiose pavillions of the USSR they saw growing up, with almost mythological flair. Huge murals celebrating Russia and Communism. Made of three parts: A wood staircase and platform made in constructivist style of the 1920s, upward, representing the bright future. Flags, slogans, festivity. A train boxcar with 1930s music, a large bench facing a grand mural. On the outside are 16 Socialist Realism paintings. 1/3 of the installation, beyond the train is just piles of garbage, disorder and chaos. |
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Boring Mikhailov, Case History, 1989 |
Photography in post-collapse USSR. While cities took on a shinier, capitalist front, for the first time people were homeless. |
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Gerhard Richter, October 18, 1977, 1988 |
Paintings based off photographs of members of the Red Army Faction, young radicals who committed suicide on the series title. Many considered it murder by the authorities. Shades of grey, blurring, memory, controversy. |
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Isa Genzken, New Buildings for Berlin, 2004 |
Whimsical, colorful models of potential archite ture. A critique of capitalism. Make the environment beautiful and interesting, we have all the possibilities. |
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Sophie Calle, Suite Venitienne, 1980 |
Artist is creepy and stalks a man through Venice for thirteen days, taking photographs in black and white. It has a cinematic, thriller quality, a mystery. |
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Hans Peter Feldmann, 9-12 Front Page |
A documentation of 151 newspapers from around the world, an event that was filmed and photographed from thousands of points of view. Memory, news, repetition. |
