Michail Karasik (1953 - 2017) |
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Mikhail Karasik Das Meerbusens Buch The Gulf Book St. Petersburg 1997 260 x 156 mm. Leporello Edition: 5. Copy no. 2/3 |
Words from the “Puddle of the Marquis” (The Gulf Book) is a short text by the artist referring to the residential area near the Finnish gulf where he has his apartment and studio. This area received the name “Puddle of the Marquis” when the Russian fleet was garrisoned there during the 19th century. The book consists of seven cardboard panels upon which, on each side, either photographs or text-pages have been pasted. The panels are bound together with linen and screwed inside two halves of a plastic oil canister (similar to the cover of Snowstorm). Three glass tubes are mounted to the inside of the “front-cover”. These contain material found on the shore of the Finnish gulf: screws and bolts in the first, stones and beads in the second, and oil in the third tube. Only three of the advertised 5 copy edition were completed. |