Publisher: Twins (Bliznetsy) in cooperation with GITIS
Publish date: 2007
Language: Russian
Paperback: 528 pages
Dimensions: 26x20.5 cm
Edition: 1000 copies

Sergey Mikhailovich Barkhin is a well-known set designer, book and animation artist, architect, People’s Artist of Russia, winner of State Prizes, Triumph Prize, professor at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts. Lampblack is both a book and a full-fledged album, a combination of the artist’s most varied works and autobiographical stories, travel notes and plays that he wrote over the years. The heroes of the book are major artists and architects, directors, and thinkers of the second half of the XX century.