For the last decade, Nikolai Ishchuk’s work has explored photography’s ambivalent relationship with modernist art and shows that any attempt to distil the fundamentals of photography is more able to open up a conversation with other art media such as painting or sculpture. His practice is interesting and some of his work intensely seductive. His work was showcased by me at Photo London in both 2018 and 2019 as a contemporary, emerging artist, engaging with the overlapping worlds of photography, painting and sculpture. My fellow curator, Julian Page, and I interviewed Nikolai to bring together his practice through to 2020. Watch the video interview