Visual arts: Snapshots of the subconscious; The Russian symbolist `photo-painter' Rinat Voligamsi gets his first show in Britain.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: June 3, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Elena Borissova

BRINGING THE photo-surrealist Rinat Voligamsi to London was no easy task for Slade-trained art dealer Oksana Kolomenskaya, who had to convince a cabal of Russian entrepreneurs - who had signed up the artist - to let him exhibit in the West. But her dedication paid off, and Voligamsi has his first UK show at Chelsea's Art London fair this month.

Voligamsi, 36, has regularly exhibited in Russia - including at Moscow's Central Hall of Artists, and the prestigious Academy of Art. Kolomenskaya recalls the first time she saw Voligamsi's work in Central ...

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