Michail Karasik

(1953 - 2017)

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Mikhail Karasik

Рыба

F(in)ish

St. Petersburg, 2006

210 x 435 mm.

Edition: 37. Copy no. 10/37

 

F(in)ish by Karasik combines the different meanings

of the Russian word Ryba. Normally is translated as

Fish, but it is also the exclamation that is shouted when

placing the last domino to win the game and in printing

it refers to a mock up of the book. In appearance, this

book comes closest to the second meaning of the

word: on each right hand page there is are domino

style numbers while the opposite page has articles,

tales, and essays in Russian and English. In total there

are 56 pages of black paper with the text and dominoes

printed by silkscreen in white. The book, printed in a 37

copy edition, is kept in a black cardboard box printed

with a white silkscreen.