Boris Margo: A Pioneer of Cellocut and a Voice of Surrealist Expression Boris Margo (1902–1995) stands as an enigmatic figure in 20th-century art, largely unrecognized by mainstream scholarship until recent decades. Born Boris Margolis in Wolotschisk, Ukraine—a region steeped in Russian Orthodox tradition and scarred by the turbulent upheavals of the early twentieth century—Margo’s artistic journey began amidst a burgeoning avant-garde movement fueled by intellectual ferment and disillusionment with established conventions. His formative years were marked by exposure to both Ukrainian Jewish…