--- title: "137 - He Lost His Mind, Kabakov 1/6-2/3 1990" date: 2017-08-21T16:44:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/137-he-lost-his-mind-kabakov-1-6-2-3-1990" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked Ilya Kabakov Jan 5 – Feb 2, 1990 ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989 C](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Kabakov-5-Socialist-Realist-murals-1983-1989-c.jpg) Ilya Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist murals, 1983 - 1989 Description *He Lost His Mind, Undressed, Ran Away Naked* consists of three installations, the first of which is a labyrinth. The dim hallways are decorated with memoirs of Soviet provincial life and old family nostalgia. The second and third installations strongly contrast with the first. The rooms are spacious and well-lit and are decorated with colorful, optimistic murals of modern Soviet life. Over the murals hang paintings which are in disarray. The subject matter of the paintings varies from realistic imagery to bureaucratic charts and graphs. Articles of clothing hang on the paintings and the floor is littered with garbage and detritus. Barriers separate the viewer from the murals and paintings. The riddle of the installation is answered in the texts which lie on tables in front of barriers. Since *Ten Characters*, his first exhibition at the Feldman Gallery in 1988, Kabakov has had solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, the Kunsthalle in Zurich, The Genia Schreiber Gallery at Tel Aviv University, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. He was included in *Magiciens de la Terre* at the Musee National d?Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. The Fred Hoffman Gallery in Santa Monica, California will host The Rope of Life and Other Installations from January 13 – Feb. 10. Kabakov was recently awarded the Ludwig Prize and will have a retrospective at the Ludwig Museum in Koln in the Fall of 1990. The Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. will exhibit Selections from *Ten Characters* in March 1990. He lives in Moscow and has been in Berlin on DAAD Fellowship. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/exhkab90_press.pdf) ![Kabakov Bus Route 1989](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-Bus-Route-1989.jpg) Ilya Kabakov Bus Route, 1989 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Kabakov Bus Route 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Bus Route, 1989 ![Kabakov Cake Morning Again 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Cake, Morning, Again..., 1989 ![Kabakov Cake Morning Spring 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Cake Morning Spring, 1989 ![Kabakov Commentary By E Gorunova 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Commentary by E. Gorunova, 1989 ![Kabakov Landscape With Christmas Tree 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Landscape with Christmas Tree, 1989 ![Kabakov Landscape With House 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Landscape with House, 1989 ![Kabakov List Of Persons Who Have The Right To Receive 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov List of Persons Who Have the Right to Receive \_\_\_\_\_, 1982 ![Kabakov Plan Of My Life 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Plan of My Life, 1983 ![Kabakov Landscape With Mountain 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Landscape with Mountain, 1989 ![Kabakov Schedule Of Behavior Of The Members Of The Mokushansky Family 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Schedule of Behavior of the Members of the Mokushansky Family, 1983 ![Kabakov Six 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov Six, 1983 ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989 B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ilya Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals, 1983 - 1989 ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 2](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-He-Lost-His-Mind-Undressed-Ran-Away-Naked-in-process-1989-2.jpg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 2]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov Installation Shot Entrance To Exhibition]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989 A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 2](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-He-Lost-His-Mind-Undressed-Ran-Away-Naked-in-process-1989-2.jpg) ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 3](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-He-Lost-His-Mind-Undressed-Ran-Away-Naked-in-process-1989-3.jpg) ![Kabakov Installation Shot Entrance To Exhibition](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-Installation-Shot-Entrance-to-Exhibition.jpg) ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989 A](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-5-Socialist-Realist-murals-1983-1989-a.jpg) ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989](/assets/exhibition_images/Kabakov-5-Socialist-Realist-murals-1983-1989_180922_212521.jpg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 2]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov He Lost His Mind Undressed Ran Away Naked In Process 1989 3]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov Installation Shot Entrance To Exhibition]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989 A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view ![Kabakov 5 Socialist Realist Murals 1983 1989]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) He Lost His Mind, Undressed, and Ran Away Naked, 1990 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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