"There must be no intermediary between the viewer and the painting. The painting has to hypnotize, in the same way that the surface of the contemplated object hypnotized the painter."
Yuri Kuper
A prominent artist, sculptor, graphic and set designer, Yuri Kuper was born in Moscow, in 1972 moved to London, then settled in Paris and Normandy, worked for years in New York. Now the artist spends most of his time in Russia, busy as never before, being involved in painting, architectural, film and theatre design projects and book illustrations.
