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Yuri Nikiforov is a unique figure in Russian art. He is called "the last true stronghold of modernism" or "an abstract expressionist who relied on spontaneity." No definition, as is always the case with extraordinary people, is exhaustive. Working with very specific materials (burnt boards, old mattresses, wire, cigarette butts, whitewash, dirt), Nikiforov seemed to have reinvented "poor art".

Text: Anna Matveeva