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The pages are grey, lines of poetry printed horizontally and vertically so that a square of text is created on the translucent paper. There are three, finely drawn, etchings tipped ino the book. Each contains reversed micrographic writing, drawings of men, abstract symbols and markings in an imaginary landscape. The cover designs consist of complex abstract markings with text probably printed from wood cut or linoleum block. Dergatchov migrated to Montreal, Canada with his family in 2005 where he makes his living as a cartoonist.Pages from this book are reproduced in the exhibiton catalogue held by the Sackner Archive, "Die Verwandlung" (2013). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Library University of Hamburg Internet: "While the avant-garde movements such as Futurism, Dadaism and Surrealism in the early 20th Century was one of the Russian avant-garde to the most important and was a leader in the development not only of abstract painting, but a new book designs. After the October Revolution of 1917 recognized ideologically for the construction of the new country, woke up the genre artist's book in Russia around 1985, during the perestroika, back to life and gained popularity - not only by the disappearance of censorship, but also as an art form, the could spread euphoria of those days; inspiration were the futuristic books of Russian avant-garde. The first exhibition of modern Russian artists book took place in 1990 in Leningrad instead, the exhibition, The Metamorphosis' is a small homage to it. It represents the interaction between the genres in the book arts at the center and examines how Russian artists in the last 25 years saw the book. In 50 works...

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Includes illustrations and descriptions of artist books made by Dergatchov. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This was a scaled down version of the exhibition, The Book Garden, which toured in England. Included is the assembling, 'Waggon' published by Editions Augenweide, a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Dergatchov migrated to Montreal, Canada with his family in 2005 where he makes his living as a cartoonist. The author's name is spelled as Dergachov in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.