Alexey Titarenko created the series of collages and photomontages that became 'Nomenklatura of Signs' from 1986-1991, under the strict Soviet rule. This new publication presents the series in its entirety for the first time and includes a satirical story, written by Titarenko few months before the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Working in secret, Titarenko conceived the series as a way to translate the visual reality of Soviet life into a language that expressed its absurdity, in a hierarchy of symbols that, together, formed a nomenclature — or, in Russian, nomenklatura, a term for the system by which government posts were filled in the Soviet Union. Drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of Kazimir Malevich, Aleksandr Rodchenko, and other artists of the early 20th century Russian avant-garde, Titarenko captures an uncanny, darkly comic world in which language is controlled and subverted much like the Newspeak of George Orwell’s novel 1984. The book also includes essays by writer Jean-Jacques Marie and art historian Gabriel Bauret, as well as a critical interpretation of the series by art historian Ksenia Nouril. The book is designed by Kelly Doe Studio, NYC.

Born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1962, Titarenko has lived and worked in New York since 2008. In an autobiographical essay, he unfolds the formation of his artistic vision and his creation of a unique style. Famous for introducing long exposure and intentional camera movement into street photography, Titarenko created powerful metaphors to document the century’s historic changes. His haunting, ghostlike images have become icons of the era of the collapse of the Soviet state.

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