Not long ago, I was invited to write a introduction for Zornitsa Krachmarova’s book Transformations: The Hidden Art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. I began reading it with some skepticism—what more could possibly be said about the art of these two? However, the author has found an interesting approach—she presents ten of their major projects through…
Milla Tarabanova: The primary goal of art is to elevate, yet your works lead the viewer through the trial of darkness in order to guide them beyond it, towards the light. Isn’t this the experience often described as “initiation”? Stanislav Pamukchiev: I perceive art as an opportunity to shift beyond the rigid confines of…
Within us and outside of us – chaos, violence, misery and doubt… Within us and beyond us – chaos, violence, misery, doubt, and… the illusion that somewhere, someone is seeking salvation in the life of a painting…! There, somewhere Above, or maybe Below—actually, There is no above or below… Someone before us has arrived and…
Je Suis Je, 2016 00:03:05; B/W; Silent; 16:9; Full HD video author of видео: Venelin Shurelov (SubHuman Theatre) cameraman Vesselin Hristov Je Suis Je author of text: Vessela Nozharova A Man in the Path of the Blast Wave. This freeze-frame scene seems like something we’ve seen a million times in action movies,…
article: Milla Tarabanova The Vladimir Dimitrov – The Master Gallery is an incredible hybrid: a treasure trove of the Master’s works, a modern gallery, and one built atop ancient Roman ruins—ruins that, as they say, were not buried under concrete but were instead preserved with respect for history, carefully prepared to be displayed to the…
While working on one of my projects I came across the Krakra fortress in Pernik, Bulgaria. I was amazed by the poor quality of the work on the reconstructed section and the fact that the original remnants of the fortress were conserved and exhibited in an even worse manner (most of this work was financed…
SASHO STOITSOV – the ever rebellious child of the Transition period article: Maria Vassileva In 1996, Sasho Stoitsov presented the installation “Saxophonist in the Bathroom” at the Ata-ray Gallery. The main element in it is a large painting depicting a young man playing the saxophone in the corner of a typical bathroom from the socialist…
Let’s assume that we have missed the opening of the exhibition of Krassimir Terziev but it has happened despite our absence. Our thought is busy trying to work out how our absence is seen through the eyes of the others. What did they think, what did they see, what if I had been there? The…
The body paints the body. To paint the body with the body. Urine is the holographic code. It is the paint, the tone with which I create— the gold within the human being, according to the god Shiva. Before the idea of painting with urine was born, I drank it as a means of…
Alexander Valchev New Life, 2016 Goethe Institute, Sofia 10 December 2015 – 30 January 2016 When I was invited to hold an exhibition at the Goethe Institute, I started reflecting on a principle I have always believed in—that an exhibition should be connected in some way to the place where it is presented. In…
