Flys and Angels (2009)

Flys and Angels (2009) - Documentary Movies 93 minutes. . Ilya Kabakov is considered one of the most important contemporary artists worldwide. Born and raised in the Ukraine in the period between Stalin and Gorbatschow he left the country in the 80s. In his Installations and his numerous paintings Kabakov creates a world of its own, which leaves the heaviness of socialist and post-socialist life far behind. The film links Ilya Kabakovs artistic spaces with insights into Russian everyday life, which itself sometimes appears like an installation by the artist. socialism, soviet union, artist, utopia, biography, installation, contemporary art, kyiv (kiev), ukraine, post-socialism