Diary 1/1/80 - 12/31/80
Vagrich Bakhchanyan
1981
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Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, ...
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Diary 1/1/80 - 12/31/80
Vagrich Bakhchanyan
1981
Mechanicsville: Cremona Foundation
18.8 × 13.8 cm
Unpaginated [369 pages]
Edition of 250, signed and numbered 168/250

Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, and détournement to challenge both Soviet and Western cultural conventions. In “Diary”, Bakhchanyan confronted the camera each day throughout 1980, creating a series of raw self-portraits with the date affixed to his forehead. Sharing an affinity with On Kawara’s seminal date paintings, this performative, time-based artist’s book offers an intimate glimpse into Bakhchanyan’s conceptual practice.

Mechanicsville: Cremona Foundation
18.8 × 13.8 cm
Unpaginated [369 pages]
Edition of 250, signed and numbered 168/250

Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, and détournement to challenge both Soviet and Western cultural conventions. In “Diary”, Bakhchanyan confronted the camera each day throughout 1980, creating a series of raw self-portraits with the date affixed to his forehead. Sharing an affinity with On Kawara’s seminal date paintings, this performative, time-based artist’s book offers an intimate glimpse into Bakhchanyan’s conceptual practice.

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Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, and détournement to challenge both Soviet and Western cultural conventions. In “Diary”, Bakhchanyan confronted the camera each day throughout 1980, creating a series of raw self-portraits with the date affixed to his forehead. Sharing an affinity with On Kawara’s seminal date paintings, this performative, time-based artist’s book offers an intimate glimpse into Bakhchanyan’s conceptual practice.

Mechanicsville: Cremona Foundation
18.8 × 13.8 cm
Unpaginated [369 pages]
Edition of 250, signed and numbered 168/250

Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, and détournement to challenge both Soviet and Western cultural conventions. In “Diary”, Bakhchanyan confronted the camera each day throughout 1980, creating a series of raw self-portraits with the date affixed to his forehead. Sharing an affinity with On Kawara’s seminal date paintings, this performative, time-based artist’s book offers an intimate glimpse into Bakhchanyan’s conceptual practice.

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Vagrich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a pioneering Ukrainian-American conceptual artist, writer, and performer, as well as a co-founder of Sots Art and a participant in Fluxus. Describing himself as a “word artist”, he employed language, irony, and détournement to challenge both Soviet and Western cultural conventions. In “Diary”, Bakhchanyan confronted the camera each day throughout 1980, creating a series of raw self-portraits with the date affixed to his forehead. Sharing an affinity with On Kawara’s seminal date paintings, this performative, time-based artist’s book offers an intimate glimpse into Bakhchanyan’s conceptual practice.

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