Ilya Kabakov, Emilia Kabakov The Palace of Projects
About the Exhibition
The Palace of Projects, created by husband and wife Ilya (b. 1933, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) and Emilia Kabakov (b. 1945, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine), is a spiraling architectural structure 40 feet high and 80 feet in diameter. The nautilus-shaped Palace is constructed of a wood frame covered with stretched, white translucent fabric. Visitors walk through the Palace to explore more than 65 individual “projects” that provide entertaining and engaging suggestions for improving oneself and the world. The Palace of Projects is an archive of utopian ideas and stories told by fictional Soviet citizens. The “projects” include maquettes, paintings, and writings that propose remedies for the challenges of daily life and suggestions for personal growth and improvement.
Photo Gallery
The New York exhibition of The Palace of Projects is sponsored by Bloomberg with additional major support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Melissa Schiff Soros and Robert Soros, and The Silverweed Foundation.
Originally commissioned by ArtAngel in London for the city’s historic Roundhouse, The Palace of Projects was also shown at the Reina Sofía’s Crystal Palace in Madrid. Public Art Fund’s New York exhibition placed the work in an equally important setting: the 69th Regiment Armory, home to the Fighting 69th Regiment and a historic military landmark which is still in use today as a military training facility.
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