Mikhail Karasik

Дворец Советов

The Palace of Soviets.

St. Petersburg, 2006

210 x 435 mm.

Edition: 15. Copy no. 3/15

The Palace of Soviets. Design competition, recalls the

Soviet Tower of Babel. It was to be the highest building

in the world, celebrating the power of the Soviet Union

but turned out to be only another example of human

arrogance. Karasik has dredged up its story from the

murky waters of Soviet history. In this album he shows

us the Stalinist Atlantis in 17 coloured lithographs

on white Rives paper. Combined with 3 sheets of

introduction and the title pages, these are bound in

an aluminium covered book, printed in offset within

a paper covered cardboard slipcase. The album was

printed in a 15 copy edition.

Copy with two additional lithographs dedicated to LS.