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In Memoriam: Ilya Kabakov (1933–2023) By Ksenia Nouril
20 September 2023
In Memoriam: Ilya Kabakov (1933–2023)
By Ksenia Nouril
Like the subject of his world-renowned installation The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment (1981–88), artist Ilya Kabakov is no longer with us. While this reality was inevitable, pronouncing it still remains difficult. The giant hole in the ceiling of this installation—left by its protagonist, who abandoned his isolated Soviet existence by catapulting into the cosmos—mirrors that left by Kabakov in the art world, in society, and in our hearts in the wake of his death.
