140×215 (60×90/16), paperback, ill., 228 pp., 2006
ISBN 5-86793-438-1

What if the organ of sight in the book’s title is the very same apple of discord that triggered the Trojan War of eyes? For we do not know what there was in the beginning – a word or a glance, a wasp or an orchid, a question or an answer. We also do not know what there was in the centre, and although this issue obviously excites us, we are prevented from coming to grips with it by Ilya Kabakov’s warning: “Keep away from the centre – risk of death!”’
Viktor Tupitsyn is a philosopher, culturologist and professor of mathematics at Pace University New York, and is the author of a large number of theoretical and critical articles on modern art, as well as the books The ‘Other’ of Art, Communal (Post)modernism and Verbal Photography.
The Eye-Apple of Discord: Conversations with Ilya Kabakov, can be regarded as a testament to the visual art of conversation. It discusses historical, social and philosophical problems of modern art and their reflection in creativity through the experience of actual artists, including Kabakov himself. Essentially, the book is a laboratory for the development of models and methods of mastering the language of art.

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