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{{short description|Russian-American conceptual artist}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Ilya Kabakov
| image         = "The Man Who Flew in to Space From His Apartment"("L'home que va volar a l'espai des del seu apartament").jpg
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====The Moscow Conceptualists====
For Kabakov, these developments led to his friends and colleagues forming a group that became known as the [[Moscow Conceptualists]], which developed out of the Sretensky Boulevard Group.  It is problematic to determine exactly who was a member of the group, as the term is fluid, broadly encompassing the [[Sots artists]] and the [[Collective Actions]] group, which both were influential in the construction of Russian conceptualist art. 
However, one name stands alone: [[Gregory Perkel]]. 

====Albums and Ten Characters====
Prior to creating the installations for which Kabakov is known worldwide, Kabakov created fictional albums.  He has created a total of 50.  Each album is a story about one character who is often able to overcome the banality of everyday existence,  or, "of a small man, possessed by big ideas."  The first ten albums is a series called ''Ten Characters'' (1972–75). In the story of the Ten Characters, a man, attempting to write his autobiograph(contracted; show full)[[Category:Soviet Nonconformist Art]]
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