Brodsky & Utkin, Alexander and Ilya
(Russian)
Born: 1955 (Brodsky), 1955 (Utkin). Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin became part of a movement called the Paper Architects that was categorized by the elaborate, impossible architectural designs on paper. The movement was born in response to the utilitarianism of the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. From the early 1980s, Brodsky and Utkin collaborated primarily on etchings, working on each copper plate for years. Their dense style of engraving emulates the antique appearance of prints from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Brodsky represented Russia in the 2006 Venice Biennale. Their work is in collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. In 1989 Brodsky and Utkin came to the United States invited by Ronald Feldman. During that time, Kathy editioned 36 copper plates brought from Russia with the artists.
Stageless Theater, 1989Etching I: 27.25" x 22.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Villa Claustrophobia, 1989Etching I: 23.25" x 17.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Villa Nautilus, 1989Etching I: 29" x 23.75" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Theater, 1989Etching I: 31" x 23.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" |
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Tabula A, 1981Etching I: 8.25" x 7" P: 21" x 15" | Ship of FoolsShip of Fools or a Wooden Skyscraper for the Jolly Company 1989 Etching I: 29.25" x 21.75" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | No Title, 1991Alexander Brodsky Drypoint I: 16" x 9" P: 26" x 19" | No Title, 1981Etching I: 8.25" x 7" P: 21" x 15.25" |
No Title, 1986Etching I: 8.25" x 7" P: 21" x 15.25" | Wandering Turtle, 1989Etching I: 21.75" x 30.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 4.75" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 6.25" x 4.25" P: 15"x 10.5" |
No Title, 1985Etching I: 4" x 3" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 4.5" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1984Etching I: 4.75" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1985Etching I: 11.5" x 4.5" P: 21" x 15" |
No Title, 1990Etching I: 16" x 9" P: 30.5" x 21" | No Title, 1985Etching I: 5" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1984Etching I: 3.75" x 3" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1983Etching I: 3.5" x 2.25" P: 15" x 10.5" |
No Title, 1989Etching I: 4.75" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1983Etching I: 3.75" x 3" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1990Etching I: 8.25" x 7" P: 21" x 15" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 23.25" x 17.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" |
No Title, 1985Etching I: 5" x 3.5" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1990Etching I: 4.75" x 3" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 4.75" x 4" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 4.75" x 4" P: 15" x 10.5" |
No Title, 1989Etching I: 6" x 5" P: 15" x 10.5" | No Title, 1989Etching I: 16" x 9" P: 30.5" x 21" | No Title, 1981Etching I: 8.25" x 7" P: 21" x 15" | No Title, 1986Etching I: 3" x 3.75" P: 15" x 10.5" |
Glass Tower II, 1989Etching I: 30.25" x 21.75" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Hill with a Hole, 1989Etching I: 29" x 22.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Island of Stability, 1989Etching I: 31.25" 23.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Nameless River, 1989Etching I: 30.75" x 23.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" |
Glass Tower, 1984Etching I: 30.75" x 22.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Crystal Palace, 1989Etching I: 28.75" x 23.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Diomede I, 1989Etching I: 11.25" x 7" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Diomede I ( aka A Traveler's Bridge)1989 Etching I: 11" x 7" P: 21" x 15" |
Dome, 1989Etching I: 23.75" x 18" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Electric Donjon, 1987/90Etching I: 28.75" x 17.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Doll's House, 1989Etching I: 31.75" x 23.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Dwelling House of Winnie-the-Pooh1989 Etching I: 23.25" x 32.25" P: 30.5" x 42.25" |
Intelligent Market, 1989Etching I: 28" x 21.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Columbarium Architecture, 1989Etching I: 32.25" x 22.5" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Columbarium Habitabile, 1989Etching I: 33.75" x 22.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | Comfort in Metropolis, 1990Etching I: 29" x 22" P: 42.5" x 30.75" |
Comtemporary Architectural Art, 1989Etching I: 28.75" x 23.25" P: 42.5" x 30.75" | No Title, 1992Drypoint I: 21.5" x 10" P: 25.75" x 15" |
No Title, 1984(City on the river) Etching I: 4.5" x 11.25" P: 15" x 21" |
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No Title, 1984(Snake) Etching I: 1.5" x 29" P: 14" x 40.5" |
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Opera de la Bastille, 1990Etching I: 16" x 41" P: 29" x 47.5" |
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