Newsletter September 2019
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ARTISTS - UPCOMING
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
Opening: 12 September, 6 pm
Sofia City Art Gallery
1 Gen. Gurko str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
www.sghg.bg
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Vikenti Komitski
JOINERY Video Program at art berlin
presented by LISTE Art Fair Basel
Video "Lucky Fetish", 2015
12 - 15 September 2019
1 pm – 6.15 pm
Flughafen Tempelhof
Platz der Luftbrücke 5
12101 Berlin
www.artberlinfair.com
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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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Kamen Stoyanov
16th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival
Official Selection: DOCUMENTARY & EXPERIMENTAL COMPETITION
"In-Visible", short movie 2018
19 - 26 September 2019
Festival and Congress Centre - Varna
2 Slivnitsa blvd.,
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
www.inthepalace.com
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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
Opening: 13 September, 7 pm
SKLAD (Tobacco city)
16 Ekzarh Yosif Str.
4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
UPCOMING SHOW
Nedko Solakov
(almost) Paintings
solo show
6 September – 25 October 2019
Opening: 6 September, 6:30 pm in the presence of the artist
SARIEV Contemporary
40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
www.sariev-gallery.com
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Sariev Gallery presents:
Sariev+Markov sculpture projects
Second edition
Fall 2019
Plovdiv and Sofia
The project is created in the frames of Sariev+Markov sculpture projects for Night/Plovdiv 2019 (13, 14 and 15 September), organized by Open Arts Foundation. The project is supported by American Embassy in Bulgaria and Arts Envoy
Program of the project:
The second artist selected for participation in Sariev+Markov Artist Residency, is the American artist L.
The second edition of the residency is realized in August-September 2019 in Plovdiv and Sofia.
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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 will be in English
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A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S Interdimensional Ritual at Plovdiv Roman Stadium
Friday 13 September, Plovdiv Roman Stadium
Seating / doors open at 18:35
Ritual begins promptly at 19:35 / Sunset
Approximately 44.40 min duration
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L in conversation
Artist talk with L, second resident artist, Salt Lake City, USA
14 September 2019, 6 pm
FLUCA – Austrian cultural pavilion, 38 Otets Paisiy str., Plovdiv
Free admission
The talk will be in English
More about the second edition of Sariev + Markov sculpture projects and its program here
More about Sariev + Markov sculpture projects here
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Sariev Gallery presents:
Exhibition of Wilfrid Almendra
First resident artist within Sariev + Markov Artist Residency,
part of Sariev + Markov sculpture projects
10 September – 30 October 2019
Opening: September 10, 6 pm in the presence of the artist
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, free admission on 17 September (Sofia Day)
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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Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes
Exhibition
Educational panel
16 August – 30 September 2019
Free entrance for the exhibition and all events
Organized and initiated by Open Arts Foundation
Curated by Vera Mlechevska
Video program curated by Krassimir Terziev and Vera Mlechevska
The exhibition “Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes” and the educational panel are part of the project “Open Art Files: Topics, People, Spaces, Files in Bulgarian Contemporary Art”, in the frames of the educational platform “Introduction to Contemporary Art” by Open Arts Foundation
Participants in the exhibition:
Adelina Popnedeleva, Albena Mihaylova-Benji, Alexander Valchev, Alla Georgieva, Assen Ushev, Boris Missirkov / Georgi Bogdanov, Boryana Rossa, Daniela Kostova, Dimitar Bouyukliyski-Michi, Dimitar Shopov, Dina Stoev, Elena Panayotova, Ergin Cavusoglu, Galina Shehirian, Ivan Kirkov, Ivan Moudov, Ivo Dimchev, Kalin Serapionov, Kamen Starchev, Kamen Stoyanov, Krassimir Terziev, Lazar Lyutakov, Lubri, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Lyuben Farzulev, Mariela Gemisheva, Martha Djurina, Martin Penev, Mihail Sazdov, Milosh Gavazov, Mimi Dobreva, Nedko Solakov, Neno Belchev, Oleg Mavromatti, Orlin Dvoryanov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Rafi Shehirian, RASSIM®, Samuil Stoyanov, Sasho Stoitzov, Simeon Simeonov, Sofia Grancharova, Stanka Tsonkova-Usha, Stefan Nikolaev, Studio Komplekt, Svetlana Mircheva, Takor Kyurdyan, Tekla Aleksieva, Tsvetan Krastev, Valko Chobanov, Ventsislav Zankov, Vesselin Sariev, Vikenti Komitski, Vladimir Ivanov, Yavor Kostadinov
Educational panel
Screenings:
7 September – “Novo selo”, film by Dimitar Shopov – Lucky cinema, 1 W. Gladstone str., Plovdiv
21 September, 4 pm – film by Neno Belchev – Kapana gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov str., Plovdiv
28 September, 4 pm – film by Krassimir Terziev – Kapana gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov str., Plovdiv
Educational tours in Plovdiv:
7, 8 September, 10:30 am – in Bulgarian
13, 14 September, 8:30 pm – in English, during NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019
starting point – Kapana gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov str., Plovdiv
Lectures:
21 September, 2 pm – lecture by Katia Gadjeva
22 September, 2 pm – lecture by Vlado Ivanov
28 September, 2 pm – lecture by Sasho Stoitzov
29 September, 2 pm – lecture by Filip Zidarov
29 September, 4:30 pm – lecture by Studio Komplekt
Kapana gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov str., Plovdiv
working language: Bulgarian
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14 September, 7 pm – Tour in the exhibition with curator Vera Mlechevska during NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019
The project is part of the program of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019
The educational panel is realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Bulgaria
Kapana gallery
29 Rayko Daskalov str.
4000 Plovdiv
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FLUCA 2019 Programme in September
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
September programme:
5 September, 7 pm – Tionghoa - "Chinese Indonesians". A solo exhibition by Katharina Swoboda (Vienna - Sofia) /5-11.09.2019/
7 September, 6 pm – Party “11 years Artnewscafe“
13 September, 7 pm – Markus Krottendorfer (Vienna). A solo show opening reception
13 September, 9:30 pm – Party with jOObba
14 September, 6 pm – Lecture by the curator Aaron Moulton and the American artist L
14 September, 8 pm – Party with Julieta Intergalactica
15 September, 6 pm – Lecture by the Portugese curator Adelaide Ginga
15 September, 8 pm – Party with Ebessen
19 September, 8 pm – A video program curated by Walter Seidl (Vienna)
20 September, 7 pm – Monique Fessl (Graz) - DJ gig
25 September, 7 pm – FLUCA in LLLLLL Verein für Kunst der Gegenwart. A group exhibition curated by Boris Kostadinov - part of the program of viennacontemporary, Seidlgasse 14, 1030 Vienna
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
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NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019
The longest NIGHT of Plovdiv returns this September for its fourteenth edition, in three evenings - 13, 14, 15 September, under the moto COMMON GROUND.
NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019 is organized by Open Arts Foundation with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundationand EVN and is part of the program of "Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019"
Program of NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019 here
RECENT MEDIA
BACKGROUND: Young Artists from Plovdiv at SARIEV Contemporary, Danchova house, Coffee&Gallery Cu29, Artnewscafe, FLUCA – Austrian cultural pavilion and Lucky cinema
An article about the recent group show "BACKGROUND: Young Artists from Plovdiv" by Sariev Gallery
Art Viewer
read the article
[in English]
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An exhibition without beginning or an end
An article about the recent group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv" which took place at different locations in Plovdiv in July-August 2019
Author: Dessislava Mileva
Kultura.bg
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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Who are the “young artists from Plovdiv” and what sets them apart from the eternal myth about the artists of the city?
An article about the artists who took part in the recent group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv" and how they may be defined as a "community"
Author: Katrin Sarieva
Egoist
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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Martina Vacheva - the artist who met satire and pop culture
An interview with Sariev Gallery's represented artist Martina Vacheva about her recent participation in the group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv" and the use of satire in her works
Impressio
read the interview
[in Bulgarian]
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Valko, who does not seek meaning where there is none
An article about one of the artists presented in the group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv" - Valko Chobanov, who was recently awarded with the BAZA award for young contemporary artist for 2019
Dnevnik
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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To take something and to turn it into something else - Yavor, the canvas and the paints
Yavor Kostadinov, one of the participants in the group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv", talks about the challenges in the artist's life
Vesti
read the interview
[in Bulgarian]
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Dimitar Shopov
An intrerview with Dimitar Shopov, participant in the exhibition "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv"
Licata na grada
read the interview
[in Bulgarian]
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Mitch Brezounek - the French artist who chose Plovdiv for his home
An article about Mitch Brezounek, one of the participants in the group show "Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv"
Vesti
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes - an overview of contemporary art in Bulgaria
An article about the group exhibtion "Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes" by Open Arts Foundation, which was opened on 16 August at Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv and can be viewed till 30 September 2019.
ViewSofia
read the article
[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
All That We Have in Common
group show
Curated by Mira Gakjina and Jovanka Popova
Ana Adamović (Serbia), Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria), Velimir Žernovski (North Macedonia), Flaka Haliti (Kosovo), Ibro Hasanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Hristina Ivanoska (North Macedonia), Gjorgje Jovanovik (North Macedonia), Alban Muja (Kosovo), Ahmet Ögüt (Turkey), Maria Papadimitriou (Greece), Antonis Pittas (Greece), Renata Poljak (Croatia), Anri Sala (Albania / France)
17 July - 15 September 2019
MOMus - Experimental Center for the Art
Warehouse B1, Port
541 10 Thessaloniki, Greece
www.cact.gr
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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
Highlights for a Future
The Collection (1)
group show
Francis Alÿs, Kader Attia, Francis Bacon, Artur Barrio, Dara Birnbaum, Michaël Borremans, Marcel Broodthaers, N. Dash, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Marlene Dumas, Mekhitar Garabedian, Zvi Goldstein, David Hammons, Georg Herold, Ann Veronica Janssens, Surasi Kusolwong, Jac Leirner, Mark Manders, Panamarenko, Zhang Peili, Wilhelm Sasnal, Nedko Solakov, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Luc Tuymans, Lois Weinberger, James Welling
16 March - 29 September 2019
S.M.A.K.
Jan Hoetplein 1,
9000 Gent, Belgium
www.smak.be
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Kamen Stoyanov
24th Gabrovo Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art
Dimensions of Publicness
Participants in the juried exhibitions - contemporary art:
Agim Sulaj, Akihiko Tsukamoto, Alan Teller, Aldo Giannotti, Alessandro Rolandi, Andrey Vrabchev, Antoaneta Vasileva Obretenova- Antoni, Aseel Alyaqoub, Atanas Djonov, Atom Theatre, Boris Misirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, Borut Krajnc, Chris Alton, Craig Fisher, Damyan Krassimirov Damyanov, Derek Curtis, Desislav Lilkov, Destructive Creation, Dilek Alkan, Dimitar Traychev, Gaby Wolodarski, Gary Manning Gowans, Hans Michael Bittner, Hongshuo, Ivan Petkov – Straschmir, Jordan Pankov /J.Pank/, Kaloyan Iliev-Kokimoto, Kamen Stoyanov, Klein Stefan, Krasimir Panev Stoichkov, Liliya Kalcheva and Ivaylo Hristov, M. Cevahir Akbaş, Maayan Sophia Weisstub, Marcelina Rydelek, Maritsa Kolcheva, Masoumeh Karimi, Mohamed Ismail, Nadja Verena Marcin, Neno Belchev, Nevena Ekimova, Nikolina Dzhanovska, Pallavi Singh, Pavel Tsarov, Dimitart Stoitsov and Ivan Karastanev, Petar Petsin, Plamen Kondov, Qijingyan, Radoslava Guirguinova, Rebecca Moss, Rosina Pencheva, Saito, Mikio and Aoi Swimming, Samah Hamdi, Sid And Jim, Simon Menner, Spike Dennis, Stoyan Dechev, Thomas Cardew & Katarina Rankovic, Vasilena Gankovska, Vasilis Alexandrou, Venelin Shurelov, Vladislav Hristov, Yu Cai, Zara Alexandrova and Zoran Georgiev
17 May - 30 September 2019
Museum of Humour and Satire
68 Bryanska St.
5300 Gabrovo, Bulgaria
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Kamen Stoyanov
Exhibit A
international group exhibition
Curated by Alenka Trebucak
Nika Autor, Boris Beja, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Nemanja Cvijanović, Lana Čmajčanin, Minna Henriksson, Sanela Jahić, Nikita Kadan, Mark Požlep, Lala Raščić, Kamen Stoyanov, Sašo Sedlaček, Katarina Zdjelar
20 June - 8 September 2019
Mestna Galerija, City Art Gallery of Ljubljana
Mestni Trg 5,
Ljublljana, Slovenia
www.mgml.si
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Martina Vacheva
EARTHBOUND. Tales of Man and Nature
group show
Curated by Marie Himmerich
Tolia Astakhishvili, Dani Jakob, Albena Mihaylova, Ani Schulze, Radostin Sedevchev, Dimitar Shopov, Martina Vacheva und Nico Joana Weber
28 August - 20 September 2019
Goethe-Institut Bulgarien
Budapesta str. 1
1000 Sofia Bulgaria
www.goethe.de
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Martina Vacheva
33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
“Crack Up – Crack Down"
Curated by Slavs and Tatars
Alenka Pirman with KULA, Amanda Ross-Ho, Anja Wutej, Anna Uddenberg, Arthur Fournier with Raphael Koenig, Augustin Maurs, Boštjan Gorenc (aka Pižama), Cevdet Erek, Dozie Kanu, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Endre Tot, Ferdinand Kriwet, Flaka Haliti, Giorgi Xaniashvili, Hamja Ahsan, Hinko Smrekar, Honza Zamojski, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lin May Saeed, Marlie Mul, Martina Vacheva, Martine Gutierrez, Nicole Wermers, Pablo Bronstein, Sachiko Kazama, Stane Jagodič, Tala Madani, Woody de Othello, XIYADIE, Zhanna Kadyrova
7 June - 29 September 2019
International Centre of Graphic Arts
Grad Tivoli, Pod turnom 3
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
www.mglc-lj.si