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The Toilet

A controversial installation by Russian conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov offended Russians in 1992, but is now seen as a masterpiece. Emilia Kabakov told Dina Newman that The Toilet is "a metaphor for life."

Photo: The Toilet, a model; credit: Kabakov archive

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Wed 4 Jul 201807:50GMT
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