{"product_id":"diary-1-1-80-12-31-80","title":"Diary 1\/1\/80 - 12\/31\/80","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVagrich 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54303760122195,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/Vagrich.png?v=1784030267","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/diary-1-1-80-12-31-80","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}