A Life in Abstraction: The World of Gennady Zubkov Gennady Zubkov, born in Perm, Russia, in 1940, emerged as a compelling voice within the Russian avant-garde movement—a lineage steeped in radical experimentation and a rejection of conventional artistic boundaries. His journey began not in isolation, but under the tutelage of Vladimir Vasilyevich Sterligov, a figure whose influence would profoundly shape Zubkov’s aesthetic trajectory. Sterligov's teachings centered on exploring the foundations of form and color, drawing inspiration from Impressionism, Cubism, and Suprematism, alongside Matu…