Main entry:

Makhacheva, Taus, artist.

Title & Author:

Types du Caucase / Taus Makhacheva

Publication:

Paris : Onestar Press, 2014

Description:

1 online resource (76 PDF pages) : illustrations

Restrictions:

Open access

Notes:
"Published 2014; 140 x 225 mm; 150 pages; Cover: Paperback, color, glossy finish; Binding: glue bound; Interior: black and white; Edition limited to 250 copies"--Publisher's description
"Types du Caucase - antique postcard collection/ 2013 to the present time. Coming from the personal archive of the artist, these postcards date back to the 19th century and can be considered representative for the "popularized ethnography" of the Russian Empire. Their primitive typology follows the classical rules of exotization: they depict "pittoresque" groups from various tribes, families or nationalities, or representatives of diverse professions. Tellingly, the legends on the postcards are in Russian and French, which designates them as being for the members of the elites of that time. This collection creates it's own "travelling exhibition space", reflecting on the Caucasus as an eternal "travel-destination" and a space of conquest-reconquest and ongoing conflict. For the artist, archives emerge from a desire to understand, share, discuss and represent a space of resistance against natural or state-organized amnesia. Makhacheva's collection becomes a space of reflection on colonial pictoralism, the construction of "The Other", and functions as her own space of display and analysis. Elena Sorokina This book was produced in the context of Art Dubai's Marker, a curated not-for-profit gallery programme that concentrates each year on a particular theme or geography. (www.artdubai.ae/marker). The 2014 edition of Marker is curated by Slavs and Tatars and takes Central Asia and the Caucasus as its focus."--Publisher's Web site
Title from PDF page 1
Text on colophon in English; legends on postcards in French and Russian.

Summary:

"Types du Caucase antique postcard collection/ 2013 to the present time. Coming from the personal archive of the artist, these postcards date back to the 19th century and can be considered representative for the "popularized ethnography" of the Russian Empire. Their primitive typology follows the classical rules of exoticization: they depict "pittoresque" groups from various tribes, families or nationalities, or representatives of diverse professions. Tellingly, the legends on the postcards are in Russian and French, which designates them as being for the members of the elites of that time. This collection creates it's own "travelling exhibition space", reflecting on the Caucasus as an eternal "travel-destination" and a space of conquest-reconquest and ongoing conflict. For the artist, archives emerge from a desire to understand, share, discuss and represent a space of resistance against natural or state-organized amnesia. Makhacheva's collection becomes a space of reflection on colonial pictoralism, the construction of "The Other," and functions as her own space of display and analysis."-- provided by distributor.

Resources:
Full text PDF

Subject:

Makhacheva, Taus Art collections.
Postcards Private collections Russia (Federation)
Ethnology Caucasus Pictorial works.
Ethnologie Caucase Ouvrages illustrés.
Postcards Private collections
Ethnology
Art Private collections
Russia (Federation)
Caucasus

Form/genre:

Artists' books.
artists' books (books)
Pictorial works
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Onestar Press, publisher.