The Warmth of Death: Alexander Brodsky and the Necropolis in the Womb of the Metropolis

Moscow‐born artist and architect Alexander Brodsky's work is very much infused with its Russian context; its geography, landscape, climate and political regimes. For him, ‘penumbra is a permanent state of gaze’. Architect and researcher Susanna Pisciella looks at his continuous migration between architecture and art installation, and suggests that he also finds inspiration in the shadow of language.