Nedko Solakov
Object
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Just Do It (from Bulgarian-American Souvenirs), 1994
leather, wood, metal, cutouts from a destroyed painting; texts with sepia and white ink
71 x 21 x 5 cm -
David’s Ear Problem (from Mr. Curator, please….), 1994-1995
a souvenir head of David by Michelangelo, unidentified yellow substance, text on wall
22 x 11 x 10 cm
Mixed Media
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Just Do It (from Bulgarian-American Souvenirs), 1994
leather, wood, metal, cutouts from a destroyed painting; texts with sepia and white ink
71 x 21 x 5 cm -
Untitled, 1991-2024
PVC and permanent black felt-tip pen on wall dimensions variable
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A Little Ghost, 1990
white ink, oil, PVC, metal, mixed media on plywood
97 x 97 x 8 cm -
David’s Ear Problem (from Mr. Curator, please….), 1994-1995
a souvenir head of David by Michelangelo, unidentified yellow substance, text on wall
22 x 11 x 10 cm -
Good Luck, 1990
oil, PVC, mixed media on plywood
97 x 97 x 7 cm -
Intimacy, 1989
graphite, oil and textile on canvas; polyptych in three parts
approximately 80 x 170 x 15 cm all together -
Nine Sentimental Sets
each consisting of three works
by Mityo Solakov, Nedko Solakov, Dimitar Solakov
Mityo Solakov
Figure 7, Figure 8 or Figure 6, 2005/2013
all - Bronze cast of Figures 7, 8, 9, 2005, terracotta
edition 3+3AP
Nedko Solakov
Sculptures and Ants, 2013
ink on paper, series of nine drawings
14 x 19 cm each
Dimitar Solakov
Ant Guy (Go Ahead), 2013
HD video, colour, silent, 5’20’’, 16:9, looped
edition 9+ All works can be viewed here
Painting
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Window, 1981
oil on canvas
39 x 58 cm -
A Fairy Tale, 1986
oil on canvas
73 x 100 cm -
No Idea, 2023
oil on linen
115 x 146 cm -
A Little Ghost, 1990
white ink, oil, PVC, metal, mixed media on plywood
97 x 97 x 8 cm -
Good Luck, 1990
oil, PVC, mixed media on plywood
97 x 97 x 7 cm -
Intimacy, 1989
graphite, oil and textile on canvas; polyptych in three parts
approximately 80 x 170 x 15 cm all together -
Catastrophe, 1988
oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm -
On the Train, 1977
oil on canvas
size of painting: 56 x 53 cm
size of work: 90 x 120 cm This is a very strange canvas, I clearly tried to prime it myself, but the holes in it are too big. Otherwise, I am visibly influenced by M.B. At that time I mainly used the train to go home to Gabrovo. There was one at 5-something in the evening, that arrived in Gabrovo around 11 o’clock at night. Six hours of jostling and swaying. Crossing the Balkan Mountains was very tedious, especially in the winter, when beastly heat blasted from beneath the fake-leather seats – dry heat, no less. That must’ve been when I got the idea for this painting. But it’s not a winter scene – the vision in the corridor flaunts a summer dress. -
Waiting for Her, 1978
oil on canvas
size of painting: 65 х 100 cm
size of work: 134 x 390 cm A lot of waiting around happened on that terrace at Sofia Airport, now Terminal 1. The terrace for meeting and sending off our jet-setting relatives is long gone, but even longer before that my ex-wife and I briefly got married and then divorced a year later. We had been dating since our days at the Math High School in Gabrovo, after that we more or less kept our relationship going during our first year of university in Sofia (she studied Textile Engineering at MEI, I studied Mural Painting at the Art Academy). But after she went to study the same thing in Czechoslovakia, our love flared up because of the distance between us, and so it went for several years. We wrote letters to each other on a regular basis, which all ended with "You know ..." ("... I love you" was the unwritten sequel). I put mine in the mailboxes on the trams. It seems that this sweet service has long since disappeared. Well, here I am on the terrace, obviously it's winter or some inbetween season, it's cold. I'm dressed in a Mongolian Darhan coat (my lovely Bulgarian coat was stolen during the December 8 Students’ Holiday celebration in my first year at the Academy); I have a special scarf knitted by my future wife to flutter around and a neat cap bought in Prague on one of my trips to my beloved lassie (who was very sexy, so “lassie” is not a very appropriate term). And a bouquet, of course. And some tricks in the composition of the picture – just look how finely drawn the control tower is. And the sky is pretty gloomy. I could speculate that this comes from socialist oppression, but I won't because it's simply not true. -
The Landlady, 1978
oil on canvas
size of painting: 73 х 92 cm
size of work: 115 x 170 cm So, once we met at the airport, and after she called her parents in Gabrovo to let them know she had landed, we barricaded ourselves in my room and indulged in sex, naturally. From time to time, Aunt K., the landlady, checked to see what was going on and the only thing that saved us from "Uh, well, I was just..." was a small latch. In the picture the latch has been removed. -
Shooting gallery, 1979-80
oil on canvas
size of painting: 65 х 100 cm
size of work: 100 x 180 cm To be honest, I'm not totally convinced that chronologically this work should be in this place. I have just achieved the "white sky" (which will serve as the basis of the future "silvery peinture" that will make me relatively well-known as the youngest member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists), and there they are again, those bright colors. But I'm sure that when I painted it, I identified with the boy in the dark. -
Swing, 1980
oil on canvas
size of painting: 27 х 35 cm
size of work: 70 x 68 cm This tearful little jewel was most certainly painted in the family dorms in Students’ Town (as was the previous work). I was basically on my own in the room, for obvious reasons, since my wife was in the Czech Republic and came back maybe twice – the second time it became clear that things weren’t going well at all. Apparently I comforted myself with such sentimental compositions (I think there was a lonely wife somewhere on the same floor doing the same thing).
Drawing
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The Thief of Art (The Big Foot Yeti) #22, 1996
watercolor and ink on paper
14 x 19 cm -
At the Same Time, 2024
watercolor and black ink
series of 5 drawings
28 x 39 cm each -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Stories in Colour, 2016
watercolour, black and white ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Wars #9, 1997
watercolor and ink on paper
28 x 39 cm -
Single Drawing #1, 2013
black ink on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Single drawing #2, 2016
sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Single drawing #3, 2016
sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Single drawing #4, 2016
sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Single drawing #5, 2016
sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Single drawing #8, 2016
sepia, black and white ink and wash on paper
19 x 28 cm -
Made-up Nature #1, 2016
Made-up Nature, 2016
7 single drawings
sepia, black and white ink, and wash on paper
14 x 19 cm each -
Made-up Nature, 2016
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Made-up Nature #2, 2016
Made-up Nature, 2016
7 single drawings
sepia, black and white ink, and wash on paper
14 x 19 cm each -
Made-up Nature #3, 2016
sepia, black and white ink, and wash on paper
14 x 19 cm -
Made-up Nature #4, 2016
Made-up Nature, 2016
7 single drawings
sepia, black and white ink, and wash on paper
14 x 19 cm each -
Made-up Nature #6, 2016
sepia, black and white ink, and wash on paper
14 x 19 cm