The Mad Fab World of Russian Artist Andrey Bartenev

The extremely labor intensive and ephemeral nature of Bartenev's creations make them difficult to repeat and virtually impossible to sell or collect. As a result, he has had a hard time finding an audience in the west.
Pavel Antonov

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The extremely labor intensive and ephemeral nature of Bartenev's creations make them difficult to repeat and virtually impossible to sell or collect. As a result, he has had a hard time finding an audience in the west.

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