KONSTRIKTOR, Boris

As with the other Transfuturists, Konstriktor operates in a variety of media, but places somewhat more weight on drawing and painting. He often begins with chance patterns from black washes that he then peoples with human figures in these surreal-abstract spacial settings. He has a special gift for grotesquerie and black humor in which his native St. Petersburg plays a notable role. In many instances, the influence of the Petersburg absurdist movement OBERIU is evident. His earliest poetry, written...