Newsletter October 2019
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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 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
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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