boris mikhailov case history (37 Ergebnisse)

Gr.-8°, gebunden. Zustand: Sehr gut. 478 Seiten Sehr guter Zustand mit gering lagerspurigem SU. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1674.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover with dusjacket, 478 pages, color photos throughout. introductory essay by and interview with the author/photographer English text, fine condition. ISBN 9783908247098. Boris Mikhailov, whose "Unfinished Dissertation" was published in 1998, focuses in "Les Miserables" on what he believes is the result of the breakup of the former Soviet Union. Though Mikhailov considers the conditions of his particular place of residence for over 50 years crucial to his work, he is not providing a recollection of the specific history of Kharkov, Ukraine. Rather, he brings out the "condition humaine" in this city characterized by industry and factories, by newly installed Coca Cola billboards as well as socialist architecture. Kharkov provides the backdrop for Mikhailov's moving portraits describing the decay of both social structures and individual lives. We witness street kids taking drugs, adults in search of food, trying to re-install their social self by cleaning their bodies in the artist's own apartment. Despite devastating poverty, the women and men in Mikhailov's images look back at us with great dignity. Their eyes express an unbroken will to survive in a social system that has broken down completely. Mikhailov depicts the harshness of everyday life in a society not as far away from ours as we might think. 0 g.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. 1999. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Signatures by this artist are scarce! Mint, new, unread; only opened once for signature. Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309. Hardback with jacket. 235 x 170 mm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in). 480 pages. 431 colour photographs. Introduction by Boris Mikhailov; conversation between Ilya Kabakov and Victor Tupitsyn. Edited Alexis Schwarzenbach. Design by Hans Werner Holzwarth. Text in english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation. "The break-up of the former Soviet union has brutally torn apart the social fabric across all of its former territories. Building a civil society and a functioning market economy will take a long time. Meanwhile, there are many who have lost everything-their jobs, their homes, their social network, their identity-roaming the streets, scrambling for food and alcohol, looking for a place to sleep. Boris Mikhailov has followed their lives for a number of years. Case History is a collective portrait of those whose lives have fallen apart amidst the turmoil of epochal change, people whom history has left behind. Street kids getting high, adults looking for food, dirt-covered men and women washing themselves in Mikhailov`s apartment, homeless people caressing each other`s decrepit bodies: unflinchingly brutal and yet dignified images of aspects of the human condition that we prefer to repress." "It seems to me that my personal uncertainty (it is not clear where I live-in Kharkov or somewhere in the West, where I work, etc.), my instability in society, on the formal level, has transformed the border between documentary and scenery within the framework of the documentary." "Case History is not just a chronicle of the crass reality of a historical transition. It is a ravishing work of art offering a bold, radically candid perspective on the human body, its weakness, and mortality. Mikhailov shows us how history has inscribed itself on the bodies of these Ukrainian homeless. He investigates the gruesome physical marks of social change. Gentle and brutal, wry and sad, a book that presents life in all of its contradictions and extremes." (from the publisher)***************Scalo, Zürich. 1999. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Signaturen diese Künstlers sind selten! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 235 x 170 mm, 480 Seiten. 431 Farbfotografien. Einführung von Boris Mikhailov; Gespräch zwischen Ilya Kabakov und Victor Tupitsyn. Text auf englisch. Editiert von Alexis Schwarzenbach. Design von Hans Werner Holzwarth. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

24 x 21 cm, Broschur. 47, [12] S. überw. Ill. Einband berieben. Innen sauber und gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good in good dust jacket. 1st Edition. 24 x 17 cm 478 pp with colour illustrations throughout. Mikhailov was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself photography. He had a four-decade career as a Soviet factory photographer His work combines conceptual art and social documentary photography.Mikhailov had his first exhibition at the end of the 1960s. After the KGB found nude pictures of his wife he was laid off his job as an engineer and started to work full-time as a photographer. From 1968 to 1975 he shot several series documenting everyday scenes, the best known of them being the Red series. In these photographs he mainly used the colour red, to picture people, groups and city-life. Red symbolized the October Revolution, political party and the social system of Soviet society. According to Sabina Jaskot-Gill for Tate, "By drawing attention to the inescapable presence of the colour in the Ukrainian social landscape, the series suggests the extent to which communist ideology had permeated all aspects of Soviet life.".

gr.-8°, 478 S. mit ca. 430 Farbfotoabbildungen., Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Umschlag. Erste Ausgabe.- Text in englischer Sprache.- Gutes Exemplar.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In seinem neuen Künstlerbuch 'Temptation of Life' verknüpft Boris Mikhailov in einem groß angelegten Dialog frühere Bilder mit neuen Fotografien, die 2017 in einem Kiewer Krematorium der Sowjetzeit und der naturüberwucherten Umgebung entstanden. Weitere Schauplätze sind verfallende Ecken ost- und westeuropäischer Städte, Schlafzimmer und Krankenhäuser, Gärten und Nachtbars. In über 200 fotografischen Diptychen schafft Mikhailov einen sich mit dem Buch verändernden Blick auf Wirklichkeit, eine Passage zwischen den Zeiten. Teils dokumentarisch, teils inszeniert, arbeitet er historische, menschliche, technische und kulturelle Beziehungen heraus, während er gleichzeitig mit spielerisch-formalen Entsprechungen zwischen den Motiven bewusst eine Distanz zum Narrativen, zur Realität des zu Sehenden schafft. Schon mit früheren Künstlerbüchern wie 'Case History' und 'Unfinished Dissertation' schuf Mikhailov Klassiker des Genres, die das Leben von ukrainischen Obdachlosen oder den Alltag unter dem Sowjetregime zum Thema hatten. Jetzt zieht er mit 'Temptation of Life' ein geradezu philosophisches Resümee über die Spiritualität des Alltags und die Vergänglichkeit allen Fleisches und Konsumabfalls, über Sex, Leben und Tod.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. 2000. First edition, first printing. Mint, new, unread. Hardback with jacket. 285 x 250 mm. 88 pages. Black and white photos. Text in english. Perfect condition! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born 1938 in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes documentation.***************Scalo, Zürich. 2000. Erstauflage. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Mikhailov ist bekannt für viele berühmte Fotobücher wie "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" und "Unfinished Dissertation" (alle erwähnt in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 285 x 250 mm, 88 Seiten. Schwarz-weiß Fotos. Perfekter Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! Fotos des ukrainischen Fotografen, der sich häufig mit sozialen Randgruppen in seinem Land beschäftigt. Hier: Bilder von tanzenden Menschen auf einem öffentlichen Platz. Mit einem Gespräch zwischen Boris Mikhailov und Jan Kaila. Sprache: englisch. Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2011. First edition, first printing. Mint, new, unread. Hardback with jacket. 293 x 210 mm. 240 pages. 200 color plates. With text by the artist. Text in german, english and russian. Perfect condition! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). "For Boris Mikhailov, societal changes are most clearly visible in small, everyday events. While the waiter in Ukraine would still be asking "tea or coffee?" during the Soviet era, the question today is "tea, coffee, cappuccino?" In his newest works (2000 - 2010), Mikhailov tackles precisely these changes and captures-as he has already in "By the Ground / At Dusk" (Oktagon, 1996)-daily life in his hometown Charkow. In this collection of more than 200 colour photographs, the West is perceptible everywhere in the form of huge, colourful advertising banners, but the promises of the Orange Revolution, that everything would get better, have only been fulfilled for few. Through palliating nothing, transfiguring nothing, Mikhailov attempts to sensitise the view of the observer. The individual pictures and scenes create a large tableau of society that tells us more about the Ukraine and its inhabitants than any specialised book." (from the publisher)***************Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2011. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 293 x 210 mm. 240 Seiten. 200 Fotos. Text: Boris Mikhailov. Text auf deutsch, englisch und russisch. Perfekter Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). "Gesellschaftliche Veränderungen zeigen sich für Boris Mikhailov am deutlichsten in kleinen alltäglichen Begebenheiten. Wenn zu Sowjetzeiten die Kellner in der Ukraine noch fragten: "Tee oder Kaffee?", lautet die Frage heute: "Tee, Kaffee, Cappuccino?" In seinen neuesten Arbeiten (2000-2010) setzt sich Mikhailov mit genau diesen Veränderungen auseinander und hält - wie schon in "Am Boden / Die Dämmerung" (1996) - den Alltag in seiner Heimatstadt Charkow fest. In den mehr als 200 Farbphotographien ist der Westen in Form von großen bunten Werbebannern überall spürbar, aber das Versprechen der Orangenen Revolution, daß alles besser werde, hat sich nur für die wenigsten erfüllt. Indem Mikhailov nichts beschönigt, nichts verklärt, will er den Blick des Betrachters sensibilisieren. Die einzelne Bilder und Szenen ergeben ein großes gesellschaftliches Tableau, das uns mehr von der Ukraine und ihren Bewohner erzählt als jede wissenschaftliche Arbeit." (Verlagstext) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. Fotomuseum Winterthur. 2003. First edition, first printing. Mint, new, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in plastic foil. Hardcover with jacket. 213 x 270 mm. 199 pages. Edited by: Urs Stahel. Text: Ekaterina Degot, Anne von der Heiden. Text in english and german. Perfect condition! Collector`s copy! "The creator of radical and poetic work, Boris Mikhailov focuses his camera on people`s everyday life, capturing both the social and historical conditions in the Soviet Union and the changes that occurred after 1989, with the breakdown of order in the Ukraine. In the 1970s, Mikhailov started to photograph "life the way it is." He dealt with the "city without a main street," the anti-heroic, the incidental, the private sphere and leisure time in the Soviet Union. His book Case History, a heart-wrenching monument to the forgotten losers of system change, documented the plight of the homeless in the Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The critical aspects of his photographs, provocative performances and combinations of words and images make Mikhailov a conceptual documentary artist who creates moving images of the wounded human soul - simultaneously full of humor and seriousness. This book is dedicated to Mikhailov`s entire oeuvre. Essays on individual works and periods run together with a flow of images to underline his different photographic techniques and to deepen our understanding of a rich work that intentionally seems unspectacular." (publisher`s text) Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Scalo, Zurich. Fotomusuem Winterthur. 2003. Erstauflage. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; noch original-verpackt in der Plastik-Folie des Verlags. Hardcover mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 213 x 270 mm. 199 Seiten. Herausgeber: Urs Stahel. Text: Ekaterina Degot, Anne von der Heiden. Text in englischer und deutscher Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. Stiftung Niedersachsen. Sprengel Museum, Hannover. 2013. First edition, first printing. Mint, new, unread. Hardback with jacket. 245 x 323 mm. 335 pages. 270 photos. Edited by: Inka Schube. Text: Inka Schube, Oksana Bulgakowa, Boris Groys, Helen Petrovsky, Bernd Stiegler, Tobias Wilke. Text in german and english. Perfect condition! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). "The special thing about Boris Mikhailov as a "book maker" is that he thinks of and develops photography in sequences, in spaces and cuts, in the forms of its montage. Viewed as a whole the books and book drafts, which often only exist as one original copy, create a retrospective of a very unique and intimate kind. The artist`s books "Krymskaja Fotomanija" ("Crimean Photomania") and "Mountains", each with 128 pages, are shown here in facsimile, interrupted by 80 pages of illustrated text. Boris Mikhailov is seen as a chronicler of the history of his Ukrainian homeland: the everyday life of the so-called "little people" on the street, on he beach, at dances - anywhere that the politic becomes visible in the private. sing this material Mikhailov develops comprehensive questionings on the onditions of human existence as well as on the history and decline of the USSR nd the consequences of this."***************Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2013. Stiftung Niedersachsen. Sprengel Museum, Hannover. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 245 x 323 mm. 335 Seiten. 270 Fotos. Herausgegeben von: Inka Schube. Text: Inka Schube, Oksana Bulgakowa, Boris Groys, Helen Petrovsky, Bernd Stiegler, Tobias Wilke. Text auf deutsch und englisch. Perfekter Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). "Das Besondere an Boris Mikhailov als "Büchermacher"ist, daß er die Photographie in Sequenzen und Abfolgen, in Zwischenräumen und Schnitten, in den Formen der Montage denkt und entwickelt. In der Zusammenschau ergeben die häufig nur in einem Exemplar existierenden originalphotographischen Bücher und Buchentwürfe eine Retrospektive ganz eigener, intimer Art. Auf jeweils 128 Seiten werden die Künstlerbücher "Krymskaja Fotomanija" und "Mountains" faksimiliert gezeigt, unterbrochen von einer 80seitigen illustrierten Textfolge. Boris Mikhailov gilt als Chronist der Geschichte seiner ukrainischen Heimat: Dem Alltag der so genannten "kleinen Leute" auf der Straße, am Strand, bei Tanzveranstaltungen - überall dort, wo Politisches im Privaten sichtbar wird. Mikhailov entwickelt aus diesem Material übergreifende Fragestellungen zur Bedingtheit menschlicher Existenz ebenso wie zu Geschichte und Untergang der UdSSR und den Folgen." (Verlagstext) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Phaidon. 2006. First edition, first printing. Portfolio with loose plates (there was also a later printing of the same title in hardcover with dustjacket). Text in english. Condition: Fresh and flawless. No marks, no foxing, no defects; slightest trace of use. Overall near mint, near perfect condition! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Phaidon. 2006. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Erschien drei Jahre später (2009) auch als Hardcover-Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag. Portfolio mit losen Tafeln. Text auf englisch. Zustand: Frisch und sauber. Leichteste Gebrauchsspuren, keine nennenswerten Mängel. Insgesamt nahezu neuwertiger Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. 2000. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Mint, new, unread. Still originally shrink-wrapped in plastic foil; only opened once for signature! Hardback with jacket. 285 x 250 mm. 88 pages. Black and white photos. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born 1938 in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Scalo, Zürich. 2000. Erstauflage. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch original-verpackt in der Plastikfolie des Verlags; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur des Künstlers! Mikhailov ist bekannt für viele berühmte Fotobücher wie "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" und "Unfinished Dissertation" (alle erwähnt in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 285 x 250 mm, 88 Seiten. Schwarz-weiß Fotos. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Fotos des ukrainischen Fotografen, der sich häufig mit sozialen Randgruppen in seinem Land beschäftigt. Hier: Bilder von tanzenden Menschen auf einem öffentlichen Platz. Mit einem Gespräch zwischen Boris Mikhailov und Jan Kaila. Sprache: englisch. Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2011. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Signatures by this artist are scarce! Mint, new, unread; only opened once for signature. Hardback with jacket. 293 x 210 mm. 240 pages. 200 color plates. With text by the artist. Text in german, english and russian. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). "For Boris Mikhailov, societal changes are most clearly visible in small, everyday events. While the waiter in Ukraine would still be asking "tea or coffee?" during the Soviet era, the question today is "tea, coffee, cappuccino?" In his newest works (2000 - 2010), Mikhailov tackles precisely these changes and captures-as he has already in "By the Ground / At Dusk" (Oktagon, 1996)-daily life in his hometown Charkow. In this collection of more than 200 colour photographs, the West is perceptible everywhere in the form of huge, colourful advertising banners, but the promises of the Orange Revolution, that everything would get better, have only been fulfilled for few. Through palliating nothing, transfiguring nothing, Mikhailov attempts to sensitise the view of the observer. The individual pictures and scenes create a large tableau of society that tells us more about the Ukraine and its inhabitants than any specialised book." (from the publisher)***************Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2011. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Signaturen diese Künstlers sind selten! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 293 x 210 mm. 240 Seiten. 200 Fotos. Text: Boris Mikhailov. Text auf deutsch, englisch und russisch. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). "Gesellschaftliche Veränderungen zeigen sich für Boris Mikhailov am deutlichsten in kleinen alltäglichen Begebenheiten. Wenn zu Sowjetzeiten die Kellner in der Ukraine noch fragten: "Tee oder Kaffee?", lautet die Frage heute: "Tee, Kaffee, Cappuccino?" In seinen neuesten Arbeiten (2000-2010) setzt sich Mikhailov mit genau diesen Veränderungen auseinander und hält - wie schon in "Am Boden / Die Dämmerung" (1996) - den Alltag in seiner Heimatstadt Charkow fest. In den mehr als 200 Farbphotographien ist der Westen in Form von großen bunten Werbebannern überall spürbar, aber das Versprechen der Orangenen Revolution, daß alles besser werde, hat sich nur für die wenigsten erfüllt. Indem Mikhailov nichts beschönigt, nichts verklärt, will er den Blick des Betrachters sensibilisieren. Die einzelne Bilder und Szenen ergeben ein großes gesellschaftliches Tableau, das uns mehr von der Ukraine und ihren Bewohner erzählt als jede wissenschaftliche Arbeit." (Verlagstext) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Steidl, Göttingen. 2004. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Mint, new, unread. Still originally wrapped in plastic foil; only opended once for signature of the artist! Casebound without jacket (as issued). 380 x 300 mm. 132 pages. Four color throughout. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Rarely has anyone photographed reality in such an honest way as Boris Mikhailov. He shows the unadorned and natural, devoid of any aesthetic exaltation and completely concentrated on the people he captures in their living conditions. On his journeys through Germany, Russia or his Ukrainian homeland, he observes the poor, the well-to-do, the outcast and homeless of our time. "This was a time in my life of much traveling from East to West, and back again and it coincided with a certain loss of identity. It was a time in which moral qualities seemed shaken: the focus of my attention altered, latching onto the possibility of moral change. The gaze which searches over the surface of things held sway over a more analytical response to the visual. I feel that this book may be of interest, trying as it does to reflect the initial period associated with the processes of emigration. The pictures describe a range of unstable states, and also the intensity of some obscure quest, a quest which is also a sort of experiment." (Boris Mikhailov) Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Steidl, Göttingen. 2004. Erstauflage. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch original-verpackt in der Original-Plastikfolie des Verlags; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur des Künstlers! Hardcover ohne Original-Schutzumschlag (nur so erschienen). 380 x 300 mm. 132 Seiten. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. Stiftung Niedersachsen. Sprengel Museum, Hannover. 2013. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Signatures by this artist are scarce! Mint, new, unread; only opened once for signature. Hardback with jacket. 245 x 323 mm. 335 pages. 270 photos. Edited by: Inka Schube. Text: Inka Schube, Oksana Bulgakowa, Boris Groys, Helen Petrovsky, Bernd Stiegler, Tobias Wilke. Text in german and english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). "The special thing about Boris Mikhailov as a "book maker" is that he thinks of and develops photography in sequences, in spaces and cuts, in the forms of its montage. Viewed as a whole the books and book drafts, which often only exist as one original copy, create a retrospective of a very unique and intimate kind. The artist`s books "Krymskaja Fotomanija" ("Crimean Photomania") and "Mountains", each with 128 pages, are shown here in facsimile, interrupted by 80 pages of illustrated text. Boris Mikhailov is seen as a chronicler of the history of his Ukrainian homeland: the everyday life of the so-called "little people" on the street, on he beach, at dances - anywhere that the politic becomes visible in the private. sing this material Mikhailov develops comprehensive questionings on the onditions of human existence as well as on the history and decline of the USSR nd the consequences of this."***************Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne. 2013. Stiftung Niedersachsen. Sprengel Museum, Hannover. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Signaturen diese Künstlers sind selten! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 245 x 323 mm. 335 Seiten. 270 Fotos. Herausgegeben von: Inka Schube. Text: Inka Schube, Oksana Bulgakowa, Boris Groys, Helen Petrovsky, Bernd Stiegler, Tobias Wilke. Text auf deutsch und englisch. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). "Das Besondere an Boris Mikhailov als "Büchermacher"ist, daß er die Photographie in Sequenzen und Abfolgen, in Zwischenräumen und Schnitten, in den Formen der Montage denkt und entwickelt. In der Zusammenschau ergeben die häufig nur in einem Exemplar existierenden originalphotographischen Bücher und Buchentwürfe eine Retrospektive ganz eigener, intimer Art. Auf jeweils 128 Seiten werden die Künstlerbücher "Krymskaja Fotomanija" und "Mountains" faksimiliert gezeigt, unterbrochen von einer 80seitigen illustrierten Textfolge. Boris Mikhailov gilt als Chronist der Geschichte seiner ukrainischen Heimat: Dem Alltag der so genannten "kleinen Leute" auf der Straße, am Strand, bei Tanzveranstaltungen - überall dort, wo Politisches im Privaten sichtbar wird. Mikhailov entwickelt aus diesem Material übergreifende Fragestellungen zur Bedingtheit menschlicher Existenz ebenso wie zu Geschichte und Untergang der UdSSR und den Folgen." (Verlagstext) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Steidl, Göttingen. 2002. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Mint, new, unread. Still originally wrapped in publisher`s plastic foil; only opened once for the signature of the artist. Hardcover without jacket (as issued). 400 x 300 mm. 80 pages. 65 tritone plates. With an Essay by Friedrich Meschede. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Boris Mikhailov shot this black-and-white photo sequence at his father's birthplace in the south of the Ukraine. There is a lake nearby, into which untreated effluents from a nearby factory are discharged. Believing the water to have healing powers, people enjoy going for a swim. All year round, families gather on the shore, and on-lookers might be reminded of a »Russian Baden-Baden«. Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Steidl, Göttingen. 2002. Erstauflage. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch original-verpackt in der Plastik-Folie des Verlags; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur des Künstlers. Hardcover ohne Original-Schutzumschlag (nur so erschienen). 400 x 300 mm. 80 Seiten. 65 Abbildungen. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. Fotomuseum Winterthur. 2003. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! New, mint, unread. Still in publisher`s plastic foil; only opened once for signature. Hardcover with jacket. 199 pages. 210 x 275 mm. Text in english and german. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "By the ground. At dusk.", "Case History" or "Unfinished Dissertation" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Scalo, Zurich. Fotomuseum Winterthur. 2003. Erstausgabe. Originalauflage. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch verschweisst in der Plastikfolie des Verlags; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Hardcover mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 199 Seiten. 210 x 275 mm. Text in englischer und deutscher Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher wie "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung", "Case History" oder "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Mörel Books, London. 2016. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! New, mint, unread; onyl opened once for signature. Limited to 500 copies only! Hardcover in linen (as issued). 240 x 330 mm. 64 pages. Printed duo tone on uncoated paper. Text: Simon Baker. Text in english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! I Am Not I brings together 33 tritone images from Boris Mikhailov`s iconic series of self portraits made as the Soviet Union collapsed. "In describing the genesis of I Am Not I in the political context of the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet state, Mikhailov has suggested that he was performing a kind of anti-heroic riposte to the muscular confidence of Soviet-era monumental iconography. I Am Not I, a thoroughly unacceptable series of propositions on masculinity, libido and the egoideal, is not only an artist`s performance for the camera, but a deliberately self-cancelling account of the impossible contradictions of authorship and identity." (Extract from text by Simon Baker). "I am not I" is an iconic series of self-portraits made by Boris Mikhailov in the early 1990s right after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Acting for the camera, the artist plays the role of an antiheroic figure contrasting with the strong and masculine stereotype previously connected with the regime, whose echo reverberates through he pure and sober black and white adopted for every imagers. Mikhailov, who always investigated the boundaries of photography and its connections with other disciplines, here combines it with the atmosphere and the grammar of theatre. The viewers attend a performance that is reminiscent of the tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd, with the protagonist alone, naked, and handling a sex toy in every possible way. Although his irrational behaviour might at first glance appear like an act of celebration and relief at the end of a a grim era, through repetition it soon turns into an allegory of fear for an uncertain future - it seems like a performance for itself and the camera. The photographic frame is the prison of the performer who, unlike the photographer, cannot look beyond the dark cloth behind him. Boris Mikhailov(born 1938 in Charow, Ukraine) is one of the most important chroniclers of the everyday life of a (post-) Soviet society. Mikhailov studied electrical engineering at Charkov University of Technology and initially worked as an engineer, before starting to take photographs as a self-taught artist in the late 1960s. The early series of the 1960s and 70s often show personal pictures of friends, acquaintances or partners of the artist. The world in his pictures is always unadorned and rough - everyday scenes, poverty, sexuality, despair, resignation, decay of a forgetting Eastern Europe. Mikhailov is always dedicated to the outcasts of society. His works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, most recently in the Sprengel Museum, Hannover (2013), in the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2012), in the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011), the Tate Modern, London (2010), the Kunsthalle Wien (2010) and the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2007). Boris Mikhailov lives and works in Kharkov and in Berlin. Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Mörel Books, London. 2016. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Hardcover in Leinen (wie erschienen). 240 x 330 mm. 64 Seiten. Text: Simon Baker. Text in englischer Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Phaidon. 2009. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Signatures by this artist are scarce! Mint, new, unread; only opened once for signature. Originally published in 2006 as a portfolio of plates. Hardback with jacket. 350 x 240 mm. 124 pages. Text in english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Phaidon. 2009. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Signaturen diese Künstlers sind selten! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Erschien ursprünglich im Jahre 2006 als Portfolio-Ausgabe mit losen Tafeln. Hardback mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 350 x 240 mm. 124 Seiten. Text auf englisch. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich, Berlin, New York. 1998. First english edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! New, mint, unread; only opened for signature. The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, page 376/377. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 746. Paper covered boards; photographic dustjacket. 280 m x 230 mm. 220 pages. Postface by Margarita Tupitsyn. Black and white photographs. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Unfinished Dissertation" also for "By the ground. At dusk." or "Case History" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes documentation.***************Scalo, Zürich, Berlin, New York. 1998. Englische Erstausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen; nur geöffnet für die Signatur. The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, Seite 376/377. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 746. Hardcover mit illustriertem Original-Schutzumschlag. 280 x 230 mm, 220 Seiten. Nachwort von Margarita Tupitsyn. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Unvollendete Dissertation" auch für "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" und "Case History" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo. 2006. First edition, first printing. Scarce Mikhailov title in the very scarce hardcover edition with the original dustjacket (there was also a paperback edition). Hardcover with dustjacket. 195 x 265 mm. 104 pages. Photos: Boris Mikhailov. Publisher: Nobuhiko Kitamura. Producer: Osamu Wataya. Editor, curator: Hisako Motoo. Designer: Seiichi Ogata (laugh in). Text in english and japanese. Condition: Book excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks, no foxing. Dustjacket fresh, complete with no tears and with no missing parts; marginal trace of use. Overall very fine condition! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo. 2006. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Seltener Mikhailov-Titel in der sehr seltenen Hardcover-Variante (es gab auch noch eine aus Softcover). Hardcover with dustjacket. 195 x 265 mm. 104 Seiten. Fotos: Boris Mikhailov. Verleger: Nobuhiko Kitamura. Produzent: Osamu Wataya. Editor und Kurator: Hisako Motoo. Designer: Seiichi Ogata (laugh in). Text in deutsch und japanisch. Zustand: Buch innen und aussen excellent erhalten; keine Mängel. Schutzumschlag frisch und komplett erhalten ohne Risse und ohne Fehlstellen; marginal gebrauchsspurig. Insgesamt sehr guter Zustand !"Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo. 2006. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Paperback with dustjacket. 190 x 255 mm. 104 pages. Photos: Boris Mikhailov. Publisher: Nobuhiko Kitamura. Producer: Osamu Wataya. Editor, curator: Hisako Motoo. Designer: Seiichi Ogata (laugh in). Text in english and japanese. Condition: Book excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks, no foxing. Dustjacket fresh, complete with no missing parts; light trace of use. Overall very fine condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo. 2006. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Paperback with dustjacket. 190 x 255 mm. 104 Seiten. Fotos: Boris Mikhailov. Verleger: Nobuhiko Kitamura. Produzent: Osamu Wataya. Editor und Kurator: Hisako Motoo. Designer: Seiichi Ogata (laugh in). Text in deutsch und japanisch. Zustand: Buch innen und aussen excellent erhalten; keine Mängel. Schutzumschlag frisch und komplett erhalten ohne Fehlstellen; leicht gebrauchsspurig. Insgesamt sehr guter Zustand ! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Phaidon. 2006. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Mint, new, unread. Still originally shrink-wrapped; only opened once for signature. Portfolio with loose plates (there was also a later printing of the same title in hardcover with dustjacket). Text in english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Case History" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 309) also for "Unfinished Dissertation" or "By the ground. At dusk." (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook).***************Phaidon. 2006. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch original-verschweisst; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Erschien drei Jahre später (2009) auch als Hardcover-Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag. Portfolio mit losen Tafeln. Text auf englisch. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! "Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Case History" (Martin Parr und Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 309) auch für "Unvollendete Dissertation" oder "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

22,5 x 17 cm. 7 Broschüren, zusammen in Orig.-Sperrholzkiste mit Titelprägung. Nr. 1: Kaiserringträger der Stadt Goslar 2015. (Laudatio von Udo Kittelmann, Ausstellungsverzeichnis und Biografie. Vorwort von Wulf Herzogenrath. 28 S.). 2: The Theatre of War, Second Act, Time Out. Tea Coffee Cappuccino. 3: Promzona. 4: Case History. 5: At Dusk. 6: Salt Lake. Sots Art. Red Luriki. 7: Yesterday`s Sandwich. (je ca. 12-24 S. mit zahlr. Abb.).- Texte Deutsch/Englisch.- Gut erhalten. Sprache: deu, eng.

BÜCHER BOOKS Strukturen des Wahnsinns, oder warum Hirten in den Bergen verrückt werden, Fotomanie auf der Krim / Structures of Madness, or why Shepherds libing in the mountains often go crazy, Photomania in Crimea (zweisprachiger großer Fotobildband) Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln / Sprengel Museum Hannover, 1. Auflage 2013, ERSTAUSGABE, 335 SS. gebunden (Hardcover gr. 4°) mit Schutzumschlag, schön erhalten (neuwertig) - von Boris Mikhailov eigenhändig signiert (INHALT : Boris Mikhailov?s Bücher Books (like most text in the book, the German precedes the English) is a ponderous tome of 334 pages that reproduces two of his artists books, Structures of madness, or why shepherds living in the mountains often go crazy and Photomania in Crimea . There are also essays, in both German and English, by Inka Schube, Helen Petrovsky, Bernd Stiegler, Tobias Wilke, Boris Groys, and Oksana Bulgakowa. Unfortunately, the essays are reflective of much academic writing on art and are verbose, lugubrious, and dull; nearly 80 pages that you?ll most likely skip unless you are a dedicated fan of Mikhailov?s work or in the unfortunate position of working on your MFA or a PhD in Art History. The artists books are somewhat more interesting in concept than in execution. Active behind the ?Iron Curtain? at the height of the Cold War, Mikhailov would create ?books? of small prints he?d made, sometimes in a bathroom briefly and subversively converted into a darkroom. These pocket-sized books could be easily concealed and transported to meetings with other artists who were trying to stay off the KGB radar. According to the essay by Schube, Mikhailov was an engineer before running afoul of the KGB, who found his nude photos of his wife subversive. This led to the loss of his engineering job and the decision to become a photographer full time. He made a name for himself photographing everyday life; the ?little people;? his Ukrainian homeland. BücherBooks . By Boris Mikhailov . Walther König, 2013. The first reproduced book here, Structures of madness is not about the average people in Ukraine, or even people at all. Instead it is a somewhat light-hearted, ridiculous examination of our human proclivity to see faces or humanoid figures in the random shapes of nature, in this case mountain rocks. It?s 128 pages of a photo paired with a drawing that shows where the face, skull, vulva, penis, rabbit, fish, whatever is hiding in the rock formation. At least to my mind it?s not particularly meaningful, and the fun wears off after twenty or so pairings. BücherBooks . By Boris Mikhailov . Walther König, 2013. BücherBooks . By Boris Mikhailov . Walther König, 2013. The second book, Photomania in Crimea is a series of photos of (mostly the same) people having fun at the beach. They are a more personal, close up version of Massimo Vitali?s beach photos, but much rougher, intimate, and much more nude. But I?m not sure there?s anything going on besides ?people are having fun at the beach.? Perhaps in mid-20th century Ukraine this was an important revelation that a Westerner, who can go to a beach at any time, doesn?t really understand. BücherBooks . By Boris Mikhailov . Walther König, 2013. Published by the Sprengel Museum Hannover, Bücher Books itself is a high quality publication. The images are crisp and clear; the paper feels weighty without being thick. The essays are printed in a different, uncoated light gray stock that is presumably easier to read. It?s a well done object, but the contents are likely to be too opaque for people unfamiliar with the politics and culture of mid to late 20th century Ukraine.?DAVID ONDRIK).

First edition, first impression, of this study of homelessness and deprivation following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Case History & Heiner Müller Project exhibition took place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin from 23 November 2001 to 20 January 2002. "The work itself can be difficult to look at. The color, life-size prints are unsparing in their documentation of the disease and frailty of Mikhailov's subjects, and the grit and grime of their humble surroundings. Directed to stand naked, clothes in hand, some appear, in his words, 'like people going to gas chambers.' Others share heartbreaking moments of tenderness, while a few appear comatose with drink" (Little). Parr & Badger Vol II, p. 309. Myles Little, "Wrecked: Boris Mikhailov's 'Case History'", Time, 31 May 2011. Quarto. With 431 photographic illustrations in colour. Original white paper-covered boards, titles to spine in black. With dust jacket. Couple of light marks to rear cover, 6.5 cm split to rear inner hinge, remains firm, illustrations sharp. A very good copy indeed, in very good dust jacket, slight lifting to laminate on lower edges, couple of nicks, a little light soiling, else clean, illustrations bright.

Zustand: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich, Berlin, New York. 1998. First german edition, first printing. Beautifully signed by the artist! Signatures by Mikhailov are scarce! New, mint, unread. Still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher`s plastic foil; only opened once for signature. Published simultanously and identically in layout, size and content with the first english edition ("The Unfinished Dissertation"). The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, page 376/377. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 746. 280 m x 230 mm, 220 pages. Postface by Margarita Tupitsyn. Black and white photographs. Paper covered boards; photographic dustjacket. Text in german language. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks. Beside "Unfinished Dissertation" also for "By the ground. At dusk." or "Case History" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Scalo, Zürich, Berlin, New York. 1998. Deutsche Erstausgabe. Wunderschön signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Signaturen dieses Künstlers sind sehr selten! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch. Noch in der Original-Plastikfolie des Verlags; nur geöffnet für die Signatur. Erschien zeitgleich und in identischer Aufmachung auch als englische Ausgabe ("The Unfinished Dissertation"). The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, Seite 376/377. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 746. 280 x 230 mm, 220 Seiten. Schwarz-weiß Foto-Abbildungen. Hardcover mit illustriertem Original-Schutzumschlag. Nachwort von Margarita Tupitsyn. Text in deutscher Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Unvollendete Dissertation" auch für "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung" und "Case History" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Zustand: Wie neu. Oktagon Verlag, Cologne, 1996. First edition, first printing. Signed by Boris Mikhailov! Complete with two books plus slipcase! Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, page 77. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 731. Two books in one cardboard slipcase containing: 1) Am Boden (By the ground): 168 x 268 mm (6 3/4 x 10 1/2 in). 142 pages. 111 blue-toned photographs. Introduction by Boris Mihailov; edited by Brigitte Kölle. 2) Die Dämmerung (At dusk): 168 x 268 mm (6 3/4 x 10 1/2 in). 128 pages. 126 browne-toned photographs. Introduction by Boris Mihailov; edited by Brigitte Kölle. Text in german and english. Condition: The slipcase and the two books in new, mint, unread condition (only opened once for the signature), excepted the spine of "Die Dämmerung", which is lightly sunned. Overall near mint conditon! "Die Dämmerung" is signed by the artist! Mikhailov is well-known for many famous photobooks like "Unfinished Dissertation" or "Case History" (all mentioned in Martin Parr, The Photobook). Born in the former Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (born 1938) lived and worked for several decades in his hometown Kharkov, Ukraine. He received an education as an engineer and started to teach himself the practice of photography. Today he is one of the most successful and well-known photographers, who already was actively working in soviet times. His work very much is influenced in the means of Concept-Art and Social-Documentary-Photography. At the end of the 1960s he had his first exhibition. After the KGB found nude-pictures of his wife he was set off his job as an engineer and started to full-time work with photography. He shot a series of everyday-life scenes-documentation.***************Oktagon Verlag, Cologne, 1996. Deutsche Erstauflage. Signiert von Boris Mikhailov! Zwei Bücher mit Schuber! Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, vol 2, Seite 77. 802 photobooks from the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 731. Zwei Bücher in Hardcover im Kartonschuber: 1) Am Boden. 168 x 268 mm. 142 Seiten. 111 blau-getönte Fotos. 2) Die Dämmerung. 168 x 268 mm. 128 Seiten. 126 sepia-getönte Fotos. Einführung von Introduction von Boris Mihailov; editiert von Brigitte Kölle. Text in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Zustand: Beide Bücher und der Schuber neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch (nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur); lediglich der Buchrücken von "Die Dämmerung" etwas verblichen. Ingesamt nahezu perfekter Zustand! "Die Dämmerung" signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Die blau (Am Boden) und die braun (Die Dämmerung) eingefärbten Photofolgen sind mit einer russischen Panorama-Kamera aufgenommen worden, die `alles Gesehene in der Horizontalen aufzählt`, fotografiert aus Hüfthöhe `Sozusagen aus der Augenhöhe . eines gebeugten Menschen` in Kiev und Kharkov, nach dem Ende der Soviet-Union." Mikhailov ist bekannt für einige sehr berühmte Fotobücher. Neben "Am Boden. Die Dämmerung." auch für "Case History" und für "Unvollendete Dissertation" (alle erwähnt und gewürdigt bei Martin Parr, The Photobook). Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.