Newsletter February 2019
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ARTISTS NEWS
SARIEV Contemporary congratulates Rada Boukova for the future participation in the 58th Venice Biennale!
Artists Rada Boukova and Lazar Lyutakov will present Bulgaria
in Vera Mlechevska's curatorial project "How We Live"
at the 58th International Art Exhibition
(11 May – 24 November 2019 (Press Preview 8 - 10 May 2019))
More info here
ARTISTS - UPCOMING
Nedko Solakov
There will never be a door. You are inside
Pieces from the Teixeira de Freitas Collection
group show
Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
Nina Canell, Tamar Guimarães, Sofia Hultén, Sanja Ivekovic, Robert Kinmont, Luisa Lambri, Jorge Macchi, Gordon Matta-Clark, Cildo Meireles, Jonathan Monk, Damian Ortega, Walid Raad, Thomas Ruff, Julião Sarmento, Nedko Solakov, Francisco Tropa, Dahn Vo and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among others
26 February - 9 June 2019
Santander Art Gallery
Santander Foundation
Ciudad Grupo Santander. Avda. Cantabria,
s / n. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid
www.fundacionbancosantander.com
ON VIEW - SARIEV CONTEMPORARY, PLOVDIV
Kamen Stoyanov
!
solo show
11 January - 22 February 2019
discover the show
SARIEV Contemporary
40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
www.sariev-gallery.com
RECOMMENDED EVENT
Premiere of the website openartfiles.bg
www.openartfiles.bg is new bilingual website for Bulgarian contemporary art,
part of the project "Open Art Files: Topics, People, Spaces, Files in Bulgarian Contemporary Art"
(2018-2019) by Open Arts Foundation in collaboration with SARIEV Contemporary,
that seeks to popularize Bulgarian contemporary art in Bulgaria and abroad
10 February 2019 (Sunday), 2 pm
Sofia City Art Gallery
Free entrance
With: Vesselina Sarieva (director of Open Arts Foundation and SARIEV Contemporary), Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva
(artistic director of Plovdiv 2019 Foundation), Vera Mlechevska (curator/ editor in chief of web content)
and I-Creativ Studio (website design and programming)
The presentation is realised in partnership with Sofia City Art Gallery
“Open Art Files: Topics, People, Spaces, Files in Bulgarian Contemporary Art” is part of the official program of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019, supported by Gaudenz B. Ruf Award
More info here
Sofia City Art Gallery
1 Gen. Gurko Str., Sofia
www.sghg.bg
RECENT MEDIA
Artist Kamen Stoyanov and Sariev gallery started the year with an exclamation sign
An interview with artist Kamen Stoyanov and Vesselina Sarieva about his solo show "!" at SARIEV Contemporary (11 January - 22 February 2019)
BNT 2, Art Stream
watch the entire episode
(17:15-22:05 about Stoyanov's show)
[in Bulgarian]
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Exhibition of Kamen Stoyanov at Sariev gallery
Artist Kamen Stoyanov talks about his current solo show "!" which is on view at SARIEV Contemporary
until 22 February 2019
Bulgarian National Radio
listen to the interview
[in Bulgarian]
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The exhibitions that we expect
An article about the most expected exhibitions and artistic projects in 2019, including an upcoming international residency project by SARIEV Contemporary and the Bulgarian representation at the 58th Venice Biennale by artists Rada Boukova and Lazar Lyutakov
Author: Stefka Tsaneva
Kapital
online and print issue
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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Servais Family Collection – Dérapages & Post-Bruises Imaginaries
An article about the Servais Family Collection – Dérapages & Post-Bruises Imaginaries exhibition, including works by artists Pravdoliub Ivanov and Rada Boukova, which is on view at The Loft in Brussels, on display 20.04.18 – 17.02.19.
Independent Collectors
online archive of contemporary collections
read the article
[in English]
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In search of Rada Boukova
An article about artist Rada Boukova and her first monograph "RB/РБ"
Author: Dessislava Mileva
Literaturen vestnik
online and print issue on literature and art
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
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Ethics and Convention
An article about the experience of SARIEV Contemporary and Open Arts Foundation in the cooperation for artistic projects with religious temples in Plovdiv
Author: Katrin Sarieva
ARTizanin
print issue on art and culture
[in Bulgarian]
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I read, you read
The book "Introduction to Bulgarian Contemporary Art (1982–2015)" is among the 18 selected
Bulgarian and translated books of 2018
Kapital
online and print issue
read the article
[in Bulgarian]
ARTISTS' EXHIBITIONS - ON VIEW
Rada Boukova
Illusion(s)
group show
Rada Boukova, Baptiste Debombourg, Martin Mc Nulty
29 January - 23 February 2019
Galerie Patricia Dorfmann
61, rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
www.patriciadorfmann.com
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
Beyond Borders
A dialogue based on European Investment Bank masterpieces at the Boghossian Foundation
group show
Curated by Delphine Munro and Michket Krifa
Héla Ammar, Taysir Batniji, Nasr-eddine Bennacer, Pierre Bismuth, Alighiero Boetti, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Ali Cherri, Cooking Sections, Tony Cragg, Bady Dalloul, Gohar Dashti, Elger Esser, Jan Fabre, Mounir Fatmi, Lara Favaretto, Maïmouna Guerresi, Markus Hoffmann, Rebecca Horn, Callum Innes, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Anish Kapoor, Matthias Koch, Ola Kolehmainen, Jannis Kounellis, Zofia Kulik, François Morellet, Claire Morgan, Claudio Parmiggiani, Paris Petridis, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Jaume Plensa, Jorma Puranen, Anri Sala, Charles Sandison, Hrair Sarkissian, Sean Scully, Wael Shawky, Frank Thiel
6 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67
B – 1050 Brussels
www.villaempain.com
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Nedko Solakov
Paintings from Long Ago
solo show
14 October 2018 - March 2019
Galleria Continua - Les Moulins
46 rue de la Ferté Gaucher
77169 Boissy-le-Châtel (seine-et-Marne)
www.galleriacontinua.com