Acknowledgements are usually part of a scholarly monograph. While working on a dissertation about the contemporary history of the Republic of South Africa (Kruchinsky is a professional Africanist), Vladislav copied the acknowledgements from the sources he used and used them to compile a long and somewhat absurd text.
The narrative in Vladislav Kruchinsky’s book is that of scholar. We cannot say for sure who that person is or what are their interests. The narrative moves from standard acknowledgements to a reflection on the position of artists today, who have to live from grant to grant without any hope of making a living. The publication consists of brochures with a text in English and a series of drawings illustrating the adventures of the unknown character/scholar/artist Acknowledgements.
The text of Acknowledgements is printed in a separate brochure, to which are appended nine watercolor illustrations in mounts.
The book was created as part of the Garage Library project Single Copy.
- / Author