"Hello, my friend. I am Konstantin Bokov, an artist who came from Russia to New York City 35 years ago and have been living here ever since. I love this city and its people and I will be posting stories, thoughts, and pictures on the web for you to enjoy with the help of my son. If you are a gallery owner who has a collection of my works, please contact us and we will gladly link you from this site." --KB
4.21.2011
Fish
Konstantine loves fishing. If you run into him and want a good topic for smalltalk (forget about sports!) you can reliably get him started on fishing. He'll tell you about how, when he was young, he would get up before dawn with his father and brother to go fishing. The whole time they would be super quiet, barely even saying a word to each other, so they wouldn't scare off the fish. This is why they'd actually catch some, unlike certain loud idiots who never caught anything. It's been a while since I've heard him tell it, but you get the idea. Before he found art, fishing was his great love.
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1972,
blue period,
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old country,
Russia,
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Не за что. :-)
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