"This is a person of such stature that he will pull the entire tree of world art with him, like the branch of Cézanne's 'Grand Pine' that pulls the entire mountain of Sainte-Victoire. For him, art is not a profession, but an existence...
Following his idols, the masters of the past, Rustam Khalfin has walked their path, creating a series of magnificent paintings at every stage. It is as if he were reflecting with a brush in his hands. The color and form in his paintings were so transformed that they remained closed to the viewer without serious visual erudition. "Standing in front of them is like serenading in a fur coat under closed windows with double frames." (Mandelstam)..."".
Ezhenova Nazipa is an art critic. The book "Art Atmosphere of Almaty" was published in 2016.
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