Pravdoliub Ivanov
Installation
- Spring Water, 2023 Plastic bottle, water Edition 3+2AP
- I Had an Idea, But Not That One, 2022-2023 Marble, concrete, metal, glass 61 x 80 x 120 cm
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At the Level of the Eyes, 1998
letters on the wall
dimentions variable
existing in Bulgarian and English Вземи от това изречение, колкото можеш да носиш
Take from this sentence as much as you can carry Дисциплинирана еякулация
Disciplined ejaculation Свободата ни подминава
Freedom is passing us by Природата е мазохист
Nature is a masochist Метафората е транспортна фирма
Metaphor is a haulage company Дървото на моите желания е бонзай
The tree of my desire is a bonsai Цивилизацията е навик
Civilization is a habit По-лесно е да вярваш, отколкото да работиш
It is easier to believe than to work Вие също ще умрете
You too are going to die Във Вавилон са говорили английски
They spoke English in Babylon Ако информацията е линия, тя е по-широка, отколкото дълга.
If the information is a line then it is wider than it is long Революциите започват от стомаха, познай къде свършват
Revolutions start from the stomach, guess where they end up Любовта е течност
Love is a liquid Игри, които не те изпотяват не са игри
Games that don’t make you sweat aren’t games Не чети a съзерцавай
Don’t read – contemplate И вие ли сте осъдени за същото
Have you been convicted for the same thing Изтрий след като го прочетеш
Erase after reading it Как наричате стълба без стъпала
What do you call a ladder with no steps Информацията и порока се чукат в Интернет
Information and Vice copulate on the Internet Полет над релефа на значенията
A flight over the outline of meanings Еби лидерите за да родят нови
Fuck the leaders so they breed new leaders Хаосът на желанията се подрежда от разочарованията
The chaos of desires is organised by the disappointments Мислиш ли, че 69 беше по-добра от 96
Do you think 69 was better than 96 Аз съм всеки и всеки съм аз
I’m everyone and everyone is I Трансформацията винаги отнема време и енергия
Transformation always takes time and energy Мислиш ли че си същият
Do you think you are the same Не ни забранявайте да бъдем бедни
Don’t forbid us to be poor Дебелото ми черво е черна кутия
My colon is a black box Твърде много сбъднати предчувствия
Too many premonitions come true За който се отнася не бъди толкова наивен
To whom it may concern: don’t be so naive Циничната власт на съчувствието
The cynical power of compassion Паметта е мускул
Memory is a muscle Координатите X и Y нямат брак, Z е незаконен
Coordinates X and Y are not married, Z is illegitimate -
Sensitive Monochrome, 2016-2019
bed sheets, computer fan, motion sensor
dimensions variable
unique work -
A Clockwork Sweat, 2016-2019
mixed media installation
207 x 120 x 66 cm
unique work -
Vehicles Dream, 1998
100 color photos of sleeping New Yorkers,
mounted on platform wheels
7 x 9.5 cm (size of the photos) -
Half Truth, 1999
two-part installation: indoors and outdoors,
various materials, dimensions and languages
Installation view Musee des Beaux Arts, La
Chaux de-Fonds, Switzerland
edition of 2 versions + 1AP for each language
edition 1/2 Deutsch version at Deutsche Telecom
Collection -
Half Truth, Vienna version, 1999 - 2014
Laser cut metal on wall,
two parts
320 x 20 cm each part
unique work - Hope, Hopeful, Hopefulness, 2005 manipulated traffic light, lighting only in green
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Pessimism No More, 2002 / 2004
cheese, plasters, plates, school desks and chairs
Museum of Contemporary Art-Sydney, 14th Sydney Biennial - There Are No Forbidden Thoughts, 2007 metal, electric motor, timer Watch video documentation here
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Transformation Always Takes Time And Energy, 1998
hot plates, pots, tea pots, cables, water, electricity, time
dimensions variable
edition of 4 variants
edition 1/4 – Collection ERSTE Bank -
So Many Reasons…, 2004
installation
cut door and table, painted room
Installation view from Gallerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany The work So Many Reasons…, 2004, was inspired from thoughts about tolerance as a mutual process. It plays with the idea that we could create common space only if we step aside and keep it for the other. In the context of an art space, the work could be read with more references as dichotomies: domestic and public, day life banality and art, accumulating home objects and sculpturing as a process of taking out the useless parts. However, the work has to be experienced by going through the door. -
Mystic Truths, 2013
intervention, pencil
dimensions variable
edition 3+2AP -
Walking in His Shoes, 2012
carpet, pair of shoes
400 x 70 cm -
Trouble is Always Double, 1997-2015
two rods of stainless steel, two metal holders, red fabric
total size: 282 x 120 x 165 cm
Object
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Box for Banners (Fahnenkasten), 1994 -1995
an object of 4 separate panels.
Hardboard, fabric, acrylic paint,
aluminium construction on the back, 124.5 х 248 х 8 см -
Eternal Life, 2019
plumbing parts, sausages
122 (dt.) x 5 cm
unique work -
Trap, 2007
mouse trap, electric
bulb, holder, cable
13 x 13 x 27 cm
edition 3+2AP -
Puzzled puzzle, 2011
multiple, puzzle
19.5 x 29 cm -
Untitled (Curly Brush), 2009
object
curled brush
34.5 x 9 x 5 cm
edition 3+2AP -
No Name, 2004
multiple, silicon, cement
13 x 17 x 30 cm
edition: 5
4 available -
Just Because-II, 2012
drawing-object, acrylic and lacquer on cardboard in shadow frame, carton pieces are not fixed, so every move or tilt of the frame reconfigure the composition
85.5 x 83 x 7 cm (size of the shadow frame as integral part of the work) -
Illusion II, 2010
installation
object of lasercut steel
77 x 95 cm -
After Durer, 2015
drawing
mixed technique
59 x 60 cm -
Childhood, 2014
20 x 10 x 60 cm without the cable
edition 2+1AP -
Memory is a Muscle, 2007
resin, silicone, polycarbonat
300 x 100 x 100 cm
52 Venice Biennial, Bulgarian Pavilion -
Endarkenment, 2007-2015
object of laser-cut aluminium plate, powder-coated in black
dimensions variable
edition 3+2AP -
There Are No Perfect Games, 2008-2012
installation of modified found objects
dimensions variable - Ready-made, 1996 object
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Balance Ball, 2008
object of laser-cut steel, powder
coated in black
90 x 95 cm
edition 5+2AP
Mixed Media
Artworks with Light
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Don't Give Up, 2006-2020
Luminescent tubes, cables
Dimensions variable This pile of useless, discarded neon tubes is a work about the hope and courage when darkness falls and no one needs us anymore. -
Almost Perfect Lovers, 2019
two RGB lamps, remote controlled
26 x 55 x 8 cm
edition 3+2AP -
You are..., 2016
neon
12 х 90 x 3 сm
edition 3+2AP -
Border by Memory, 2006
object, neon
edition 5+2AP
collection: European Investment Bank Art
Sofia City Gallery and private collections
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Border By Memory is an image of my attempt to draw the line of the border between Bulgaria and Romania by memory. The drawing and respectively the neon are very approximate and not correct picture of that border. Every mistake of my hand was “loss to” or “enlarge” this or that of both countries. The title itself is a clue for understanding the work and its references to the memory and history of that border and its dramatic transformation during last century, affecting many lives from both sides. -
Little (Much Too Little /A Little Too Much), 2009
installation
neon, automatic switch
170 x 16 x 5 cm
edition 5+2AP
edition 1/5 Private collection
Painting
Drawing
- Drawings by Hand (The Image Cannot be Read), 2023 Drawings on paper various sizes and mediums
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What You See, 2016
Draft project,
pencil on paper
21 х 29.7 см -
Untitled, 2012
Draft project,
watercolour, pencil
23 x 31 cm -
You Are…, 2016
Draft project
pencil on paper
21 x 29.7 cm -
Existing Objects-VI, 2002-2003
digital drawing
29.7 x 21 cm
edition 5+2AP
Edition 1/5 – Private Collection - Sofia;
2/5 –Private collection - Vienna -
Territory, 1995
pencil, ink on paper
21 x 29.7 cm -
The Life of Others is Somehow Easier, 2005
draft
pencil, tempera
24 x 32 cm -
Existing Objects-VIII, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition: 5 -
There Is Certain Comfort In Abstraction, project, 2014
pencil and aquarel on paper
30 x 40 cm -
Endless Suffering, 2012
drawing
30 x 38 cm
framed -
Up or Down-II, 2012
drawing
watercolor, pencil, collage on paper
framed
33 x 50 cm (size unframed) -
Self Portrait Around the Clock, 2011
pencil and watercolor on cut paper
unframed
76 x 56 cm -
A Hut, 2014
penicl and tempera on paper
55 x 75 cm -
A Study for a Brick, 2012
pencil and watercolor on paper
unframed
50.5 x 70.5 cm -
Sudden Ornaments in Continuum, project, 2015
print and pencil on paper
unframed
21 x 29.7 cm -
Drawing (Two TV sets), 2007
pencil on paper
unframed
21 x 29.7 cm -
Balance ball, 2008
drawing
pencil and watercolor on paper
framed
30 x 38 cm -
Truths, 2015
drawing
black ink, pencil
21 x 29.7 сm -
Study of Bivalent Objects Series
Schrödinger Box
2016-2017
oil on paper
160 x 110 cm -
Study of Bivalent Objects Series
Table and Wood
2016-2017
oil on paper
110 x 164 cm -
The Truth About The Truth, 2012
drawing
pencil, black ink on paper
110 x 145 cm -
Existing Objects-I, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition 5+2AP -
Existing Objects-II, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition 5+2AP
edition 1/5 – Collection European
Patent Office - Munich -
Existing Objects-IV, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition 5+2AP -
Existing Objects-V, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition 5+2AP -
Existing Objects-III, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm
edition 5+2AP -
Existing Objects-VIII, 2002-2003
digital drawing
21 x 29.7 cm -
Basel, 2002
pencil and watercolor on paper
20 x 29 cm -
Memory is a Muscle, 2007
drawing
21 x 30 cm -
Illusion III, 2011
ink, tempera on paper
57 x 60 cm (size framed)
Photography
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From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
color photo
76 x 100 cm
edition 5+2AP -
Hand Print, 2000
two color photos
50 x 75 cm each
edition 3+1AP The refrigerator of Pravdoliub Ivanov seen in the photos was not intentionally emptied. There was almost nothing in it so the author decided to melt the ice in the fridge chamber with his own hand and made photo documentation in two steps. As matter of fact, the imprint of a human hand is one of the oldest artefacts, about 37,000 years BC. This reference is important for getting to the matter like domestic (personal, hidden) – exposed (shown, not personal), comfort – soreness (discomfort), art – non art, that the two simple snapshots tries to evoke. -
One Hour, 1996
photo installation,
photographed 60 minutes of one hour
B&W photo
20 x 20 cm each
edition 3+2AP -
Let them Draw, 2009
series of 12 B&W photos
3+1 AP
27 x 35 cm each -
Too Personal to Matter, 2009-2010
digitally manipulated color photo
57 x 60 cm
edition 5+2AP -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
color photo
26 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
colour photo
26 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
color photo
27 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing photo project started 2007
colour photo
76 x 100 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
colour photo
26 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
ongoing project started 2007
colour photo
26 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
started 2007
colour photos
60 x 40 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
started 2007
colour photos
60 x 40 cm
edition: 10 -
From the series Non-Works
started 2007
colour photos
27 x 35 cm
edition: 10 -
Bent Figure, 1997
photo-lithography on paper
120 x 85 cm (size framed)
edition 3+1AP
edition Nbr. 3/3