4 October 2019

Newsletter October 2019

 

Sariev's newsletter for October is out now. 

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ARTISTS - UPCOMING

Luchezar Boyadjiev
Thank you, Mr. Ruf!
group exhibition in Honor of the Swiss collector and Patron of Art Gaudenz B. Ruf 

25 October - 24 November 2019

Credo Bonum Gallery
2 Slavyanska str.
1000 Sofia 
www.credobonum.bg


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Luchezar Boyadjiev
4. Berliner Herbstsalon . DE-HEIMATIZE IT! 
group exhibition

Lola Arias, Chiara Baldini / Rafael Kozdron, Yael Bartana, Mehtap Baydu, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Candice Breitz, Banu Cennetoglu, Danica Dakic, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Lea Draeger, Atom Egoyan, Ender / Kolosko, Regina Jose Galindo, Marta Gornicka, Anke Hannemann, Sanja Ivekovic, Alfredo Jaar, Sejla Kameric, Natasha A. Kelly, Grada Kilomba, Katarzyna Kozyra, Damian Le Bas, Delaine Le Bas, Alanna Lockward, Maria Paula Maldonado, Donna Miranda, HENRIKE Naumann, Julieta Ortiz de Latierro, Tanja Ostojic, Ceylan Oztruk, Yael Peri, Elena Quintarelli, Oliver Ressles / Martin Krenn, Larissa Sansour / Soren Lind, Farzane Vaziritabar, Viron Erol Vert, Claire Waffel, Ina Weise

26 October - 17 November 2019

Maxim Gorki Theater
Am Festungsgraben 2
10117 Berlin
www.berliner-herbstsalon.de


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Pravdoliub Ivanov, Greetings from Sofia, 2019, 
Cut postcards, 
project for IX Sequences Festival, Reykjavik, Island

IX Sequences Festival, Reykjavik, Island
https://sequences.is/ENSKA
Marshall House
A Message To Iceland
Special project curated by Oliver Basciano with 24 artists
11-20 October 2019


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Pravdoliub Ivanov
DA / International Digital Festival
Organised by Foundation DA Lab in collaboration with NAFA, Sofia
Curated by Venelin Shurelov and Galina Dimitrova-Dimova

17 - 26 October 2019

DA / International Digital Festival
www.da-fest.bg


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Nedko Solakov
The Solakovs
solo show with Mityo Solakov and Dimitar Solakov
Curated by Iara Boubnova

25 October 2019 - 31 January 2020

The City Art Gallery and Museum House of Humour and Satire
68 Bryanska St.
5300 Gabrovo, Bulgaria
www.humorhouse.bg


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Nedko Solakov
A Passion for Drawing. The Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou
group show
Curated by Elsy Lahner

Mark Dion, Marcel Dzama, Marcel van Eeden, Catharina van Eetvelde, Jana Gunstheimer, Erik van Lieshout, Robert Longo, David Nash, Cornelia Parker, Joyce Pensato, Chloe Piene, Pavel Pepperstein, Javier Pérez, Anne-Marie Schneider, Kiki Smith, Nedko Solakov, Renie Spoelstra, Aya Takano, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Jorinde Voigt

11 October 2019 - 12 January 2020

Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1 
1010 Vienna
www.albertina.at


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Nedko Solakov
Cosmopolis #2
group show
Curated by Kathryn Weir

23 October - 23 December 2020

Galerie 3 - Centre Pompidou, Paris
Place Georges-Pompidou
75004 Paris
www.centrepompidou.fr


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Nedko Solakov
Bik Van der Pol 
Far Too Many Stories to Fit into so Small a Box

performative exhibition
Curated by Joanna Zielińska and Bik Van der Pol

Akademia Ruchu, Martin Creed, Andrzej Dłużniewski, Nan Goldin, Wanda Gołkowska, Jenny Holzer, Ilya i Emilia Kabakov / Joseph Kosuth, Marek Kijewski, Barbara Kruger, Oleg Kulig, Natalia LL, Zbigniew Libera, Joanna Rajkowska, Nedko Solakov, Roman Stańczak, Alina Szapocznikow, Winter Holiday Camp, and many others.

25 October 2019 - 3 May 2020

Ujazdowski Castle CCA
Jazdów 2 
00–467 Warsaw
www.u-jazdowski.pl


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Nedko Solakov
Artists & Agents – Performance Art and Secret Services
group show
Curated by Inke Arns, Kata Krasznahorkai and Sylvia Sasse

Alexandru Antik (RO), Tina Bara & Alba D'Urbano (DE), Kurt Buchwald (DE), Károly Elekes / Árpád Nagy / Gruppe MAMÜ (RO), György Galántai / Artpool (HU), Ion Grigorescu (RO), Sanja Iveković (HR), Voluspa Jarpa (CL), Jens Klein (DE), Daniel Knorr (RO/DE), Csilla Könczei (RO), Korpys/Löffler (DE), Jiří Kovanda (CZ), Jill Magid (US), Simon Menner (DE), Arwed Messmer (DE), Clara Mosch (DE), Orange Alternative (PL), Peng! Collective (DE), Józef Robakowski (PL), Cornelia Schleime (DE), Nedko Solakov (BG), Gabriele Stötzer (DE), Tamás St.Turba (NETRAF-agent) / Gábor Altorjay (HU)

26 October 2019 - 22 March 2020
Opening: 25 October, 7 pm

HMKV
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse
D-44137 Dortmund
www.hmkv.de


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Nedko Solakov
Teleology of the Human. Biography, Destiny, Hope, Faith
group show
Curated by Viktor Misiano

29 October 2019 - 12 January 2020

Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Petrovka Ulitsa, 25
Moscow, Russia, 125009
www.mmoma.ru


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Kamen Stoyanov
DA / International Digital Festival
Organised by Foundation DA Lab in collaboration with NAFA, Sofia
Curated by Venelin Shurelov and Galina Dimitrova-Dimova

Impossible, 2015, video presented in the frame of the format Credo Box by Credo Bonum Gallery

22 - 26 October 2019

Credo Bonum Gallery
2 Slavyanska str.
1000 Sofia 
www.credobonum.bg


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Kamen Stoyanov
FAME/FAKE/FAIL AND FEAR
group show

Christian Bazant-Hegemark, Konrad Kager/ Baptiste el Baz, Paul Poet, Sissa Micheli, Eleni Kampuridis, Martina Montecuccoli, Kamen Stoyanov, Gabriele Sturm, Zentrum für politische Schönheit

10 - 13 October 2019
Opening: 10 October, 7 pm

Galerie Die Schöne
Kuffnergasse 7
1160 Vienna
www.dieschoene.at


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Voin de Voin
G (IRLS) 7 
exhibition of 3some collective (Desislava Ilieva, Simeon Markov and Voin de Voin)

9 - 16 October 2019
Opening: 9 October, 6 pm

more info here

Arosita Gallery
12 B Vrabcha St
1000 Sofia
www.arosita.info

 

 

ON VIEW - SARIEV GALLERY

Nedko Solakov
(almost) Paintings 
solo show

6 September – 25 October 2019

discover the show

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

 

 

RECOMMENDED EVENTS

VLZ310, later (2019) 
Exhibition of Wilfrid Almendra 
First resident artist within Sariev + Markov Artist Residency,
part of Sariev + Markov sculpture projects

10 September – 30 October 2019

Vrana Park Museum, 381 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., Sofia (accessible by bus # 505, schedule here)
Working hours: Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 4 pm
Admission: BGN 4 / EUR 2 for adults

discover the show 

The first projects within Sariev+Markov sculpture projects are realised in partnership with French InstituteSofia MunicipalitySofia City Art Gallery and its branch Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Open Arts Foundation. The project is funded by the Culture Programme of Sofia Municipality. 

More about the first edition of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects here


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FLUCA 2019 Programme in October

FLUCA is a collaborative project of Open Arts Foundation and Austrian Embassy in Bulgaria
FLUCA 2019 is part of the official programme of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019

October programme:     
3 October, 7 pm – Bernhard Wolf presents his art works, realized in the public space of Plovdiv. The project is created in Plovdiv during
the one month long FLUCA residency of the artist in September, supported by the Cultural Department of the Province
of Styria
3 October, 8 pm – Party with movieman 
4 October, 7 pm – Presentation of the project “On The Island“ by “Body Graphics“ and “Theater of Responsibility”. The project involves the topic of Adata island in Maritsa river
11 October, 7 pm – Anaïs Horn (Paris / Vienna) presents IN-BETWEEN, a photography project developed in interaction with the local Roma youth community. The project took place in the framework of the artist’s two-month FLUCA residency in Plovdiv. The project is supported by the Cultural Department of the Province of Styria and the Federal Chancellery of Austria 
11 October, 8 pm – Party with Lie Lie

For more information visit FLUCA's facebook

FLUCA - Austrian Cultural Pavilion
(in front of gallery SARIEV Contemporary)
40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
www.fluca.info

 

 

PUBLICATION

Pravdoliub Ivanov
The Life of Others is Somehow Easier

Polish-English catalogue to the solo show in Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
Curator: Monika Szewczyk
Essay: Stach Szablowski
Printed by Koncept, Bialystok, 2019

ISBN 978-83-89778-99-4

 

 

VIDEO ARCHIVE

The Contemporary Art of Divination
Lecture by Aaron Moulton, Curator and Anthropologist, LA

4 September 2019, 6 pm 
American Corner, Slaveikov Square №4A, Sofia
Free admission

The lecture is realized within the framework of the initiative Sariev+Markov sculpture projects, at invitation by Sariev

Camera and editing: Kalin Serapionov

Aaron Moulton was in Bulgaria on the occasion of the second edition of Sariev+Markov Artist Residency presenting the American artist L whose work A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S Interdimensional Ritual was shown during NIGHT Plovdiv 2019 at Plovdiv Roman Stadium on 13 September 2019. 
The project is realized in the frames of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects for NIGHT/Plovdiv by OPEN ARTS Foundation. The project is supported by American Embassy in Bulgaria and Arts Envoy.

More about the second edition of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects here

watch the video
[in English]


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Artist Residency of Wilfrid Almendra - Sariev+Markov sculpture projects

Film about the Artist Residency of Wilfrid Almendra, first resident artist within Sariev + Markov Artist Residency,
part of Sariev + Markov sculpture projects

The visit of Wilfrid Almendra in Bulgaria is at invitation by Sariev, as part of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects.

Camera: Kalin Serapionov, Rayna Teneva 
Editing: Kalin Serapionov

The first projects within Sariev+Markov Sculpture Projects are realised in partnership with French Institute, Sofia Municipality, Sofia City Art Gallery and its branch Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Open Arts Foundation. The project is funded by the Culture Programme of Sofia Municipality.

More about the first edition of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects here

watch the video
[in Bulgarian and English with Bulgarian subtitles]

 

 

RECENT MEDIA

Bestes Kuratorenfutter
Sariev's participation at Art-O-Rama 2019 with the solo show "One and the other" by the gallery represented artist Rada Boukova is among the highlights of DARE magazin's Best curator feed of the art fair in Marseille

DARE magazin
read the article
[in German]


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Sculpture in public space by Wilfrid Almendra 
A photo gallery from the exhibition VLZ310, later (2019) by Wilfrid Almendra, part the first edition of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects, which can be seen at Vrana Park Museum till 30 October 2019 

Vesti
view the gallery


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Installation with a top and old sneakers in Park Vrana
An article the installation VLZ310, later (2019) by Wilfrid Almendra, presented in the exhibition of the same name in Vrana Park Museum 

Ploshtad Slaveikov
read the article
[in Bulgarian]


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Nedko Solakov shows his student works in the exhibition "(almost) Paintings"
An interview with Nedko Solakov about his solo show "(almost) Paintings" which was opened on 6 September and can be viewed till 25 October at Sariev

Bulgarian National Television
watch the interview
[in Bulgarian]


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Nedko Solakov shows his student paintings
An interview with Nedko Solakov about the exhibition "(almost) Paintings" at Sariev

Bulgarian National Radio
listen to the interview
[in Bulgarian]


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(almost) paintings. Nedko Solakov
The full text to Nedko Solakov's exhibition "(almost) Paintings" by the famous Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, published

Dnevnik
read the text
[in Bulgarian]


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"Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes" in Plovdiv
An interview with Vera Mlechevska about the group exhibtion "Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes" by Open Arts Foundation, which was curated by her and was on view in gallery "Kapana", Plovdiv, from 16 August to 30 September 2019

Bulgarian National Television
watch the interview
[in Bulgarian]


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Vera Mlechevska, who united more than 50 landmark Bulgarian artists
An interview with curator Vera Mlechevska about the group exhibtion "Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes" by Open Arts Foundation

Impressio
read the interview
[in Bulgarian]

 

 

ARTISTS' EXHIBITIONS - ON VIEW


Rada Boukova
Pavilion of the Republic of Bulgaria
58th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia

Rada Boukova and Lazar Lyutakov
HOW WE LIVE

Curator Vera Mlechevska

11 May - 24 November 2019

Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi
Palazzo Giustinian Lolin
San Marco 2893, Venezia
www.howwelive-pavilion.com


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Rada Boukova

Orient 2
group show

Curated by Michal Novotný

Argišt Alaverdyan, Rada Boukova, Zuzanna Czebatul, Marek Delong & Anna Slama, Anna Daučíková, Wojtek Doroszuk, Anders Grønlien, Kaspars Grošhevs, Martin Horák, Baptiste Charneux, Šimon Kadlčák, Shifra Kazhdan, Alina Kleytman, Lenka Klodová, Ádám Kokesch, Martin Kohout, Ieva Kraule, Marlena Kudlicka, KwieKulik, Marek Meduna, Daria Melnikova, Vlad Nancă, Deimantas Narkevičius, Richard Nikl, Jan Pfeiffer, Jaakko Pallasvuo & Anni Puolakka, Lucia Elena, Průša, Jan Šerých, Jiří Thýn, Ondřej Vicena

12 July - 6 October 2019

Kunsthalle Bratislava
Nám. SNP 12, Bratislava
Slovakia
www.kunsthallebratislava.sk


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Luchezar Boyadjiev
Words, images,places. 
140th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Sofia as Capital

Anton Mitov, Nikola Petrov, Ivan Getsov, Tsanko Lavrenov, Nikola Tanev, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Dechko Uzunov, Tekla Alexieva, Ivan Kirkov, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova, Cyril Prashkov, Samuil Stoyanov, etc.

13 September 2019 - 16 February 2020

Sofia City Art Gallery
1 Gen. Gurko str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
www.sghg.bg


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Nedko Solakov
Fly Me to the Moon. The Lunar landing: 50 Years Later
group show

Curated by Thorsten Sadowsky with Christina Penetsdorfer and Tina Teufel
Conception by Cathérine Hug, Kunsthaus Zürich

20 July - 3 November 2019

Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Mönchsberg 32 
5020 Salzburg, Austria 
www.museumdermoderne.at


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Nedko Solakov
Grand Hotel Abyss
steirischerherbst'19

Curated by Ekaterina Degot

Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz, Keti Chukhrov / Guram Matskhonashvili, Jasmina Cibic, Counterpositions (Eduard Freudmann, Thomas Geiger, and Elizabeth Ward), Das Planetenparty Prinzip, Jeremy Deller, Bojan Djordjev / Goran Ferčec, Elmgreen & Dragset, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jule Flierl, Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze, Riccardo Giacconi, Grupa Ee, Jakob Lena Knebl and Markus Pires Mata, The Life and Adventures of GL, Daniel Mann and Eitan Efrat, Oscar Murillo, Erna Ómarsdóttir & Valdimar Jóhannsson, Boris Ondreička, Manuel Pelmuș, Michael Portnoy, Blanka Rádóczy / Vladimir Sorokin, Hanna Rohn, Andreas Siekmann, Nedko Solakov, Andrei Stadnikov with Vanya Bowden, Shifra Kazhdan, and Dmitry Vlasik, Theater im Bahnhof, Michiel Vandevelde, Gernot Wieland, Jaśmina Wójcik, Zorka Wollny, 
Artur Żmijewski

19 September - 13 October 2019

Varoius venues
Graz, Austria
www.steirischerherbst.at


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Martina Vacheva
EVN Collection: Franz Kapfer/Lazar Lyutakov/Martina Vacheva
Part of a series of projects from the EVN collection
Curated by Thomas D. Trummer

14 September - 13 October 2019

SKLAD (Tobacco city)
16 Ekzarh Yosif Str.
4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria