6 August 2018

Newsletter August 2018

Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for August is out now. 

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SAVE THE DATES

SARIEV Contemporary at
viennacontemporary International Art Fair

solo booth by
Luchezar Boyadjiev

27 – 30 September 2018
Preview and Vernissage: 26 September 2018

Marx Halle Vienna
www.viennacontemporary.at

discover the artworks here

Supported by "Mobility" program of National Fund "Culture", Bulgaria and  BKI "Haus Wittgenstein"

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SARIEV Contemporary at
Artissima

Artists presented:
Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Rada Boukova

2 – 4 November 2018
Preview: 1 November 2018

Artissima, Torino, Italy
www.artissima.art

 

RECOMMENDED EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

Open Arts Foundation and Janet 45 Publishing
present

The book "Introduction to Bulgarian Contemporary Art"
by Vessela Nozharova
published in partnership with Sariev Contemporary

during Book Alley - Varna
with Vessela Nozharova (author) and Vesselina Sarieva (moderator and co-publisher)

1 August 2018 (Wednesday), 6 pm
Free entrance

Varna City Art Gallery
1 Lyuben Karavelov str.
Varna, Bulgaria
www.varnacityartgallery.com

more about the event here

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Sirma Sarafova-Orahovac

NEW WORKS
solo show

30 August - 30 September 2018

Gallery Credo Bonum
2 Slavyanska str.
1000 Sofia
www.credo-gallery.bg

 

VIDEO ARCHIVE

watch the video archive of
BACKGROUND: Young Artists 2018


15 Minutes of Fame
performative event 

Participating young artists: Viktoria Georgieva, Radostin Sedevchev, Yavor Kostadinov, Elena Nazarova, Alexandra Mileva and Rumen Markov
Curator: Vera Mlechevska
Moderators: Martina Vacheva and Valko Chobanov
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In the Dark
exhibition and party

Curator: Vera Mlechevska
Participating young artists: Zlatimir Arakliev (photography), Eli Joteva (video)
Music: Ropotamo CO

Background: Young Artists 2018 is realised with the support of Gaudenz B. Ruf

watch the video
[in Bulgarian]

 

ON VIEW - SARIEV CONTEMPORARY, PLOVDIV

Voin de Voin

SUR(REAL)RENDER
performance and exhibition

26 July - 27 August 2018

discover the show

live video from the performance pt.1

live video from the performance pt.2

SARIEV Contemporary
40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
www.sariev-gallery.com

 

RECENT MEDIA

Central Europe is a lesson to liberals: don’t be anti-nationalist
Luchezar Boyadjiev's work 'On Vacation' has been mentioned in the article in the context the author's thoughts on nationalism and liberalism in Cental Europe nowadays: 
"Earlier this year, in an exhibition in Sofia by the Bulgarian artist Luchezar Boyadjiev, I came across the perfect visualisation of what has long been the politically correct version of European history [...]"
Author: Ivan Krastev

The Guardian
web and print issue
read the article
 
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Ready, steady, biennial!
Nedko Solakov's work Driving Through the Past, With the Present Ahead, and the Future Behind My Back, 2018 finds its place among the highlights that you shouldn't miss at the 1st Riga International Biennial

Artterritory.com
Baltik, Russian and Scandinavian Art territory
read the article

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To hide in your own darkness
Valio Thenkov's installation Private Zoo on Stage, 2018 is among the subjects of a review of the 1st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art exhibition at the Zuzeum Art Centre
Author: Helmuts Caune

Artterritory.com
Baltik, Russian and Scandinavian Art territory
read the article

 

ARTISTS' EXHIBITIONS - ON VIEW

Luchezar Boyadjiev, Kamen Stoyanov and Voin de Voin

Operaismo Naturale: Ecology of the Event
Chapter 1 of Digital Ecologies

group exhibition
Curated by Dimitrina Sevova, co-curated by Katharina Swoboda and Emil Mirazchiev

With works and interventions by Donatella Bernardi, Ursula Biemann, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Delphine Chapuis Schmitz, Voin de Voin, Jonas Etter, David Jacques, Monica Ursina Jäger, knowbotiq, Dominique Koch, Marlene Maier, Boyan Manchev, Angela Melitopoulos, Uriel Orlow, Ursula Palla, Elena Peytchinskova, Elodie Pong, Isabel Reiß, Oliver Ressler, Dorothea Rust, Kerstin Schroedinger, Bohdan Stehlik, Sandro Steudler, Axelle Stiefel, Kamen Stoyanov, Milva Stutz, Una Szeemann, Lena Maria Thüring, and Alexander Tuchaček

27 July - 5 September 2018

former tobacco warehouse​ SKLAD
16 Ekzarh Yosif str. 
4000 Plovdiv 

and 

The Ancient Bath - Center of Contemporary Art​
179 6th September str.
4000 Plovdiv
www.digital-ecologies.arttoday.org

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Luchezar Boyadjiev and Pravdoliub Ivanov

Join the Dots - Connect the Distances
Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection

30 May - 2 September 2018

Salone degli Incanti
Riva Nazario Sauro, 1
34123 Trieste TS, Italy
www.salonedeglincanti.comune.trieste.it

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Pravdoliub Ivanov

Møenlight Sonata - quasi una fantasia
group exhibition
Curated by Rene Block

Nevin Aladağ, Darren Almond, Rosa Barba, KP Brehmer, Olga Chernysheva, Dorothee Diebold, Maria Eichhorn, Ayşe Erkmen, Ceal Floyer, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Till Junkel, Jarosław Kozłowski, Imi Knoebel, Daniel Knorr, David Krippendorff, Alicja Kwade, Simon Lewis, Bjørn Nørgaard, Navid Nuur, Sine Lewis, Alexandra Paperno, Nam June Paik, Dan Perjovschi, Sigmar Polke, Sophia Pompéry, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Superflex, Mariana Vassileva, Els Vos, Lawrence Weiner, Maaria Wirkkala

3 June - 9 September 2018

Kunstahll 44 Møen
Fanefjordgade 44
4792 Askeby, Denmark
www.44moen.dk

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Stefan Nikolaev

PRESENT
A project by Michel Van Dyck in collaboration with Isabelle Anspach, conservator of Van Buuren Museum

Bente Skjottgaard, Carole Vanderlinden, Carlotta Bailly-Borg, Charlotte Vander Borght, Ritsue Mishima, Sarah Caillard, Sherrie Levine, Tatiana Wolska, Denicolai & Provoost, Benoit Plateus, Christophe Doucet, Christophe Terlinden, Damien De Lepeleire, Daniel Boccato, David Adamo, Douglas Eynon, Erwan Maheo, Gijs Milius, Filip Vervaet, François Curlet, Jan Vercruysse, Jonathan Sullam, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Koenraad Debobbeleer, Luca Vitone, Marcel Berlanger, Martin Belou, Nicolas Party, Oscar Tuazon, Peter Wächtler, Roeland Tweelinckx, Stefan Nikolaev, Stephane Barbier Bouvet, Tanguy Poujol, Takayuki Sakiyama, Vincent Chenut, Yoshiro Kimura

25 June - 30 September 2018

Museum and gardens Van Buuren
41 Avenue Léo Errera
1180 Brussels 
www.museumvanbuuren.be

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Nedko Solakov

Au
group exhibition
Presented by Arndt Art Agency, curated by Luisa Bosci

Khadim Ali, Daniel Boyd, Marina Cruz, Mikala Dwyer, Hahan, Jeppe Hein, Thomas Hirschhorn, Alicja Kwade, Danie Mellor, Julian Rosefeldt, Gareth Sansom, Nedko Solakov, Rodel Tapaya, Danh Vo, and Jorinde Voigt

28 July - 11 August 2018

Station Gallery, Melbourne
9 Ellis Street, South Yarra
Victoria 3141, Australia
www.stationgallery.com.au

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Nedko Solakov and Valio Tchenkov

Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
Curated by Katerina Gregos

2 June – 28 October 2018

Riga, Latvia
www.rigabiennial.com