Mikhail Karasik

Чемодан

The suitcase

St. Petersburg 2001

460 x 370 mm

The suitcase. A drama, written by Karasik after the

motifs of Daniil Kharms short story The old women. The

text is printed with letterpress print on 6 sheets of paper

(12 pages). In addition there are 7 sheets of canvas

with illustrations on the primed side and lithographed

texts on the reverse. The seven illustrations are

executed in acrylic paint. The artist published a total

of 11 copies of this book, all of which were presented

in a covers made with suitcase fabric inside a plywood

slipcase.