Among the most compelling artists in the history of conceptual art, the Russian-American duo Komar and Melamid used humor and irony to lambaste Soviet officialdom. With new scholarship and full-color illustrations, the book explores their journey from working under an oppressive regime to finding new subjects in the US for their provocative critique.
Errata
page 8: column 1, line 28, after Birnbaum add The Boxer Family Collection, London
page 272: column 3, line 5, for Private Collection read The Boxer Family Collection, London