Alex Xatkevich
The Purpose Will be Afterwards to Forget
by Anna Suvorova, Colin Rhodes
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About the Book
Working in the confines of a sparse secure hospital in Russia, Alex Xatkevich has produced an imaginative world of abundance and desire. His drawings are deceptively simple, childlike even. They describe a wealth of meaningful objects dredged from memory, which are at once tokens of luxury and pure physical indulgence. There are narratives of love, control and the transformative power of hermetic number symbolism to be found here. And every work he makes is an offering to the idealised figure of woman. This richly illustrated book is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of an exciting new outsider art discovery.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art
- Additional Categories Russia, Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 48 -
Isbn
- Softcover: 9781715183172
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781715183189
- Publish Date: Jul 10, 2020
- Language English
- Keywords mental health, drawing, art history, outsider art
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About the Creator
Colin Rhodes
United Kingdom
Colin Rhodes is an artist, author and educator. His books include Primitivism & Modern Art (1994), Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives (2000), The World According to Roger Ballen (2019), Nick Blinko (2020), and Outsider Art: Art Brut and Its Affinities (2022). He is a contributing editor for Raw Vision. He was educated in the UK at Goldsmiths University of London and the University of Essex. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Art at Hunan Normal University, China.