b. 1940
Yuri Kuper (b. 1940) was born in Moscow and worked as a painter and stage designer. He emigrated in 1972 and lived and worked in Paris for many years. This 1977 work is an assemblage: a wooden box closed by a tracing-paper screen with various objects behind it. Besides painting, Kuper writes novels, among them Sfumato. In 2023 the New Tretyakov Gallery held his solo exhibition Sfumato.
The paintbrush is a recurring motif of Yuri Kuper (b. 1940); his works Pinceau (1985) and Paintbrush on Fabric (2004) are known from auctions. This work is made in oil and assemblage. Speaking of brushes, he said that metal cannot be painted so that it becomes metal. Kuper emigrated in 1972 and lived and worked in Paris for many years. In 2023 the New Tretyakov Gallery held his solo exhibition Sfumato.
Yuri Kuper (b. 1940) traced his art back to Moscow communal-flat life, saying that his aesthetic came from nostalgia for the communal flat. His recurring motifs are old objects: brushes and chairs. This work is made in gouache, graphite, chalk and acrylic. Kuper emigrated in 1972 and lived and worked in Paris for many years. In 2023 the New Tretyakov Gallery held his solo exhibition Sfumato.