Ilya Kabakov: Life and Creativity of Charles Rosenthal (1898–1933)

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition “Life and Creativity of Charles Rosenthal” organized by Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, 7 August 1999 — 3 November 1999. The installation represents a retrospective of the works of a ‘famous’ artist, a detailed exhibition of his works — drawings, sketches, paintings from various periods of his life: the beginning, his mature period, and the late, final stage of his creativity. Each period and the main works, as expected in a posthumous retrospective, are accompanied by detailed commentaries, details of his life and biography, quotes from his statements about art. Hence, before the viewer is a classic exhibit-retrospective, similar to an exhibit of Mondrian, Seurat, Manet, etc.