Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Catalogue

Public Projects, Commissions, and Permanent Installations

1991

"Who's are those Wings?" Utrecht, The Netherlands. (Permanent Installation)

"Monument to the Division of Normandie-Niemen," Commissioned by the Ville d'Orly and the Ministry of Culture, Orly, France. (Permanent Installation)

"Heruntergerissene Landschaft (Ripped Off Landscape)," Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

1992

"Life With an Idiot, Opera," Music by Alfred Schnittke, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovitch, costumes and sets by Ilya Kabakov. De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands, World Premiere: April 13, 1992.

"The Blue Dish," Expo 1992, Sevilla, Spain. (Permanent Installation)

1993

"Deserted School or School #6," The Chinati Foundation. Marfa, Texas. Inauguration October 9, 1993. (Permanent installation)

"The Communal Kitchen," Fondation Dina Vierny, Mus�e Maillol. Paris, France. Inauguration January 20, 1995. (Permanent installation)

"Concert for a Fly, music by Vladimir Tarasov," Ch�teau d'Oiron. Oiron, France. Inauguration: June 26, 1993. (Permanent installation)

1994

"Ich bin ein Prinz," plays by Daniil Charms, Vladimir Kazakov, Aleksandr Vvedenskij. Director: Edgar M. B�hlke; stage design: Ilya Kabakov. Produced by the Hochschule f�r Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Abteilung Schauspiel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Premiere: February 11, 1994.

"The Flies: A musical phantasmagoria," Composer Vladimir Tarasov, libretto, costumes and stage design by Ilya Kabakov. The Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, October 26-28, 1994.

1995

"Fallen Sky," Installation for Dialogues de paix: Celebration of 50 Years of the United Nations. Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

"S�ppelmannen (The Garbage Man)," Museet for Samtidskunst. Oslo, Norway. Inauguration: March 24, 1995. (Permanent installation)

"The School Library," Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Inauguration: July 15, 1995. (Permanent installation)

"No Water," MAK Depot of Contemporary Art, Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark. Vienna, Austria. Inauguration: September 10, 1995. (Permanent installation)

1996

"Musik auf dem Wasser (Music on the Water)," music by Vladimir Tarasov. Landeskulturzentrum Salzau, Salzau, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Wings," Commissioned by the Federal Republic of Germany. Staatliche Neubauleitung Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"The Rope of Life," Museum f�r Moderne Kunst. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Permanent installation)

"Healing with Paintings," Kunsthalle Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany. Inauguration: September 5, 1996. (Permanent installation)

1997

"Blickst Du hinauf und liest die Worte� (Looking Up, Reading the Words� or Antenna)," Skulpturprojekte M�nster 1997, M�nster, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"The Fallen Chandelier," Hochhaus zur Palme, Zurich, Switzerland. (Permanent Installation)

1998

"The Last Step Monument to the Emigrants from Europe to America," Commissioned by the Federal Republic of Germany. Hochschule Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"The Old Bridge," Hannoversch M�nden, Germany.

"And I Was Like You..." Esslingen, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Monument to Lost Glove," Kunstverein Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

"The Weakening Voice," Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy. (Permanent Installation)

"The Old Column," Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy. (Permanent Installation)

"We are Free!" San Gimignano, Italy.

"My Grandfather�s Shed," M�nchehaus Museum f�r Moderne Kunst, G�sler, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Der metaphysische Mensch (Metaphysical Man)," Kunsthalle Bremen. Bremen, Germany. inauguration: October 20, 1998. (Permanent installation)

1999

"Borders and Otherness," Installation, The Bridge. Pont de l'Europe, Strasbourg, France.

"They Are Looking Down," Shirakawa Park Sculpture Promenade, Nagoya, Japan. (Permanent Installation)

2000

"The Fountain," City of Middelburg, Netherlands. (Permanent Installation)

"The Golden Apples," Singen am Hohentwiel, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"The Rice Fields," Echigo, Tsumari Region, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. (Permanent Installation)

"The Old Bottle," Como, Italy.

"Wortlos (Wordless)," Skulpturenprojekt: 'kunstwegen-der Vechte folgen'. Laar, Germany; Gramswegen, Netherlands. (Permanent Installation)

"The Collector," Lenbachhaus. Munich, Germany. Inauguration: December 18, 2000. (Permanent installation)

2001

"The Egg (Two Faces)," Kimpo Sculpture Project, Kimpo, Republic of Korea. (Permanent Installation)

"The Palace of Projects," Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"The Targets," Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Vienna, Austria. (Permanent Installation)

"20 Ways to Get an Apple, Listening to the Music of Mozart," Columbus Museum of Art. Columbus, Ohio. Inauguration February 10, 2001. (Permanent Installation)

2002

"Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future," Gegenwartskunstdepot Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark (Mak: Museum f�r Augenwandte Kunst), Vienna, Austria. Inauguration June 1, 2002. (Permanent Installation)

Unaufgeh�ngtes Bild (The Unhung Painting)," Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany. Inauguration December 5, 2002. (Permanent Installation)

"For Sale," Caixa Forum Exhibition Opening, Fundaci� La Caixa. Barcelona, Spain. Inauguration February 27, 2002. (Permanent Installation)

"The Ship," Mus�e Art Contemporain Lyon. Lyon, France. (Permanent Installation)

2003

"The Drinking Fountain," Train station, Zug, Switzerland. (Permanent Installation)

"How to meet an Angel," Gutspark B�ckel, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Pianist and Musa," Alcobendas, Spain. (Permanent Installation)

2004

"The Shinning Circus and its Spectators," Neubau Giesing, Munich, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Toilet on the Mountain," Centre d'Art Contemporain de Vassiviere en Limousin. Vassiviere, France. (Permanent Installation)

2005

"The Ship of Siwa," Siwa, Egypt. (Installation and Performance)

2006

"The Theatrical Projects," Versicherungskammer, Bayern, Germany.

"De Rote Waggon (The Red Wagon)" Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany. Inauguration September 26, 2006. (Permanent Installation)

"The Album of My Mother," Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland. Inauguration January 18, 2006. (Permanent Installation)

2009

"Monument to the City of Bordeaux," France. Inauguration October 10, 2009. (Permanent Installation)

"How to meet an Angel," JellinekMentrum. Amsterdam, Holland, September 26. (Permanent Public Project)

2010

"Memorial To Life," Marl, Germany. (Opening of the Permanent Installation, July 2, 2010)

"Project for the preservation of natural resources," Ruhr-Atoll. Essen, Germany. (Permanent Installation)

"Die Trag�die des Teufels (The Tragedy of the Devil)," music by Peter E�tv�s, Bayerische Staatsoper. Munich, Germany. World Premiere: February 22, 2010. (Stage design)

"The Observer," Castello Di Ama. Tuscany, Italy. Inauguration October 17, 2010. (Permanent Installation)

"Wind of Tolerance," St. Moritz Art Masters Foundation. Lake of St. Moritz, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Inauguration, August 26, 2010, during 'St. Moritz Art Masters' festival, August 27-September 5, 2010.

"Vertical Opera (An Unrealized Project)," performance, Guggenheim Museum. New York, New York. (original date: April 11; postponed to November 14 and 15, 2010, 7:30 pm)

2011

"Saint Fran�ois d'Assise," opera by Olivier Messiaen. La Caja M�gica. Madrid, Spain. (Stage design) Teatro Real. Madrid, Spain. July 6-13, 2011.

Metro Station, Napoli, Italy. (Public Commission)

"The Ship of Tolerance," in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida. Located next to the Miami Children's Museum on Watson Island. Miami, Florida. December 2, 2011.

2012

"The Pirate's Ship", Atlantic City, NJ, USA

Subway station, ceramic walls, Napoli,Italy

2014

Monumenta, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov "The Strange City", The Grand Palais, Paris, France

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