Vladimir’s Night
Maxim Komar-Myshkin; Roee RosenVladimir’s Night is the chimerical final work by Maxim Komar-Myshkin, one of the most elusive and tragic figures in Israeli-Russian art. Part children’s book, part gory political assault and part erotic farce involving elaborately detailed paintings that draw from the most disparate sources, the work is not only Komar-Myshkin’s magnum opus, but an instrument of psycho-aesthetic retaliation against Vladimir Putin, whom the artist believed had a personal vendetta against him. Komar-Myshkin committed suicide in 2011, soon after completing the album.
In her annotations, Rosa Chabanova explores the book’s many layers, covering such wide-ranging topics as the financial schemes of Russian oligarchs, medieval literature, political assassinations and the massive immigration wave of Russians to Israel. In so doing, Chabanova unravels the haunting story of Komar-Myshkin and arrives at startling conclusions as to what actually transpired during Komar-Myshkin’s final years.
| status | Copy #1 (2934): in |
|---|---|
| genre | Art » Artist Monographs |
| publisher | Sternberg Press |
| publish date | 2014 |
| popularity | checked out 1 time(s) |
a delightful and fanciful bedtime story for all politicos
Gets an A+ for (ferociously dark, obsessive) effort. “Remember dear, with Vladimir, things are not what they appear.” The extensive “Annotations” just make it even weirder. Too bad it’s fiction!