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The gallery's booth will feature works by St. Petersburg artists of different generations: Leonid Borisov (1943-2013), Viktor Remishevsky (b. 1957) and Victoria Kravtsova (b. 1997). Leonid Borisov was one of the leading artists of the Leningrad underground, in his practice he turned to geometric minimalism. The exhibition will show works from the 1970s – 2000s.

"Abstraction, minimalism, geometry — these are the guiding principles in my work. Abstraction is the free expression of an artistic idea. Minimalism is the sterility of this expression. Geometry is the foundation of all visual formation" — L. Borisov

In his practice, Viktor Remishevsky turns to the visual image of an "old thing," using found objects and manually aging items in his work. At the DiDi Gallery booth, Viktor Remishevsky will be presented with a new object "Babylon," made of concrete, hand-poured paper, and embossing printing technique. Visitors to the fair will also be able to see graphic works dedicated to the monograph of the Soviet biophysicist A. L. Chizhevsky "Earthly Echo of Solar Storms."

Young artist Victoria Kravtsova has prepared a new series of works "Whose Fields Are These?". On paper are depicted ownerless lands: paths leading into fields, wastelands and old roads, which become a peculiar map of the area. These places are strange quiet islands of land whose addresses have been lost or forgotten. Glass adds ghostly, changeable and fragile traces of life that was in these places before.

"This work is a reflection on the value of land, its dependence on constantly changing boundaries and land cadastres, and on how even on forgotten wastelands, paths remain trodden," says the artist.