Valery Ivanovich Yurlov, a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series exploring the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation

Valery Ivanovich Yurlov is a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series in which he explores the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation. Valery Yurlov's works are held in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Centre Pompidou and other museums. The current retrospective displays more than 150 works by the artist.

Art Focus has published a video interview with Yurlov, in which he recalls with warmth the beginning of his creative path some 75 years ago, the drawing circle at the Palace of Pioneers in Almaty and his studies at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, and reflects on the relationship between man and object, on symmetry and on world art.

The Yurlov retrospective, about which I wrote earlier, can be seen at the exhibition in the west wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery