Urban Epitaphs
A series of designer gravestone projects.Cardboard, solder, gouache, pencil.
12 × 21 × 6 cm.«Urban Epitaphs» is a series of projects that rethinks the memorial form as a variation of small architectural forms.The series comprises four designer gravestones dedicated to anonymous figures from the artistic community: a graphic designer, a gallerist, a painter, and a curator. These are not portraits of specific individuals, but anonymous professional archetypes.The objects are deliberately executed outside the canons of memorial sculpture. Their simplified form conditionally reproduces a gravestone, retaining a subtle irony and pointing to a break from artisanal tradition.The project is a conceptualization of small architectural forms. The gravestone is viewed not as a memorial object, but as a standalone architectural form, existing between the urban pictogram, the decorative object, and the collectible sculpture.The objects can be exhibited both on a horizontal surface and on a wall. The epitaphs are written in German and are accompanied by a Russian translation in the form of a museum label.
Original size 2000x2702
Here rests a graphic designer. He was born, studied, and worked. He created many books and logos.
Here rests a gallery owner. She sold many paintings and objects. She was loved and respected by collectors and institutions.
Here rests an artist. She left behind a rich creative legacy. Many interiors in our city bear the mark of her worldview.
Here rests a curator. He tried. And, in general, one could say he succeeded.
Original size 2000x2702
Original size 1992x3007