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Sam Kaprielov (Sam Sturis), Surrealism Latvia 1971
Shadow
1997
Charcoal on gessoed ground
Dimensions: 60.00 cm x 91.00 cm
Diameter: 0.00 cms
Signed SAM
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Sam Kaprielov was born in Ventspils on the West Coast of Latvia; he attended art college in Leningrad before returning to Riga. Many a nineteenth century artist started their career as a painter of theatrical scenery; Sam Kaprielov started his as a billboard painter. He moved to Venice in 1992 and arrived in London via a two-year spell in Avignon in 1998.

Sam Kaprielov does not talk about his work, but a love of architecture and study of Kafka are two elements of his ever-changing dreamscape. Viewing a series of his images instils a sense of half-remembered scenes from a haunting silent movie.

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Sam Kaprielov (Sam Sturis) - Another Place Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries
June 2005 October 2005


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