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If you loved On Art by Ilya Kabakov, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Contemporary (1945-), Russian & Soviet, Criticism & Theory, and Art.

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Frozen Dreams Contemporary Art from Russia — Ekaterina Bobrinskaia

Frozen Dreams Contemporary Art from Russia

Ekaterina Bobrinskaia

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Russian & Soviet • Art

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings — Kristine Stiles

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings

Kristine Stiles

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Contemporary Art A Very Short Introduction — Julian Stallabrass

Contemporary Art A Very Short Introduction

Julian Stallabrass

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

A Philosophy of Computer Art — Dominic Lopes

A Philosophy of Computer Art

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Barnett Newman and Heideggerian Philosophy — Claude Cernuschi

Barnett Newman and Heideggerian Philosophy

Claude Cernuschi

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Amnesiac Hide — Dick Hebdige

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Talking Art 2 Interviews with Artists Since 2007 — Patricia Bickers

Talking Art 2 Interviews with Artists Since 2007

Patricia Bickers

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Meaning Liam Gillick — Monika Szewczyk

Meaning Liam Gillick

Monika Szewczyk

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Religion and Contemporary Art A Curious Accord — Ronald R. Bernier

Religion and Contemporary Art A Curious Accord

Ronald R. Bernier

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Gombrich: a Theory of Art — Joaquin Lorda

Gombrich: a Theory of Art

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Robert Rauschenberg — Carolyn Lanchner

Robert Rauschenberg

Carolyn Lanchner

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Practical Aesthetics Events, Affects and Art After 9/11 — Jill Bennett

Practical Aesthetics Events, Affects and Art After 9/11

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Understanding Modern Art — Sam Phillips

Understanding Modern Art

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Contemporary Art from Cyprus Politics, Identities, and Cultures Across Borders — Elena Stylianou

Contemporary Art from Cyprus Politics, Identities, and Cultures Across Borders

Elena Stylianou

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Porous Boundaries Art and Essays — Cyril Reade

Porous Boundaries Art and Essays

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Sustainable Art Communities Contemporary Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean — Leon Wainwright

Sustainable Art Communities Contemporary Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean

Leon Wainwright

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Mexico and American Modernism — Ellen G. Landau

Mexico and American Modernism

Ellen G. Landau

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Beyond Objecthood The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 — James Voorhies

Beyond Objecthood The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Provisional Avant-gardes Little Magazine Communities from Dada to Digital — Sophie Seita (Poet)

Provisional Avant-gardes Little Magazine Communities from Dada to Digital

Sophie Seita (Poet)

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Extra/Ordinary Craft and Contemporary Art — Maria Elena Buszek

Extra/Ordinary Craft and Contemporary Art

Maria Elena Buszek

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Maximalism and Visual Delight Jeanne Leighton-Lundberg Clarke and Contemporary Genre Painting — Courtney R. Davis

Maximalism and Visual Delight Jeanne Leighton-Lundberg Clarke and Contemporary Genre Painting

Courtney R. Davis

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

This Young Monster — Charlie Fox

This Young Monster

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Mary Weatherford — Suzanne Perling Hudson

Mary Weatherford

Suzanne Perling Hudson

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

Destruction Rites Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture — Mona Hadler

Destruction Rites Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture

Themes: Contemporary (1945-) • Criticism & Theory • Art

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with On Art by Ilya Kabakov. Connected by Contemporary (1945-), Russian & Soviet, Criticism & Theory. Authors featured include Ekaterina Bobrinskaia, Kristine Stiles, Julian Stallabrass, Dominic Lopes, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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