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Overall Installation:The “Third Space” of Contemporary Art Scene:Taking Kabakov????s Toilet as an Example

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In 1992, Soviet artist Ilya Kabakov created a dirty, crude and old Soviet-style. toilet at the Documenta exhibition in Kassel, sparking significant attention and controversy. This work embodied Kabakov' s concept of “total installation, ” a notion that resonates with postcolonial philosopher Homi K. Bhabha' s theory of the “third space. ” This paper will use Kabakov' s 1992 Documenta work The Toilet as a case study to explore how his “total installation” constructs a “third space” in the contemporary art scene, and try to realize Kabakov' s own utopian dream.
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Title: Overall Installation:The “Third Space” of Contemporary Art Scene:Taking Kabakov????s Toilet as an Example
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In 1992, Soviet artist Ilya Kabakov created a dirty, crude and old Soviet-style.
toilet at the Documenta exhibition in Kassel, sparking significant attention and controversy.
This work embodied Kabakov' s concept of “total installation, ” a notion that resonates with postcolonial philosopher Homi K.
Bhabha' s theory of the “third space.
” This paper will use Kabakov' s 1992 Documenta work The Toilet as a case study to explore how his “total installation” constructs a “third space” in the contemporary art scene, and try to realize Kabakov' s own utopian dream.

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