THE DRAWING – WITHOUT LIMITATIONS

Boryana Petkova. Desire Lines, 2021, pencil on paper, 220 x 150 cm

Kalin Serapionov. At the end of the day, 2021, series of 8 videos 4K, sound Angel Simitchiev, variable lengths, 55’ monitors, headphones, 5+2AP

Kiril Prashkov. Straw - Notion, 2013-2019, diptych, straw, glue, ink, paper, 122 x 116 cm each

Krassimir Terziev. Between the Past Which Is About to Happen and the Future Which Has Already Been, 2022, project drawing, pencil, marker, acrylic on photography, 73 x 53 cm

Leda Vaneva. Degrees of Separation, 2021, water color on paper, 38 x 57 cm(each drawing)

Leda Vaneva. Degrees of Separation, 2021, lightbox

Leda Vaneva. Degrees of Separation, 2021, lightbox

Nadezda Oleg Lyahova. Casts of author’s face, 1999, sand, ice cream – drawings of pre-selected video frames

Nina Kovacheva. From the series Short Stories, 2019, acrylic, water color, paper, 29 x 39 cm

Nina Kovacheva. From the series Short Stories, 2021, acrylic, water color, paper, 29 x 39 cm

Simeon Simeonov. Drawings (Оpen Closed Spaces), 2010-2023, pencil, color pencil, paper, gypsum, dimension variable

Svetlana Mircheva. Self-portrait With a Morning Song, 2018-2022, 4 color light, sound Angel Simitchiev, dimension variable

The exhibition includes works by contemporary artists actively working in the field of drawing or interested in the line as one of its main means of expression.

The selected works show the changes that have occurred in today’s idea of drawing under the influence of the internet, graffiti, animation or comics. The selection extends in terms of the different forms of use (finished work, preparatory drawing, sketch or project script), as well as commenting on the understanding of drawing solely as “pencil on a piece of paper”.

In Boryana Petkova’s work, the drawing is almost performative, with the participation of the body and its vigorous movements in the process of creation being essential. Nina Kovacheva wrings maximum drama from the black ink to tell the difficult stories of the contemporary world. Svetlana Mircheva’s visual language moves between the directness of graphic design and the intimacy of the personal experience. Peter Minchev offers two positions that also “stretch” the idea of drawing between the conceptual and the illustrative. Kalin Serapionov explores the possibility that drawing is formed in the mind of the perceiver who receives video instructions with words. Leda Vaneva mechanically imprints on sheets of paper the reflections of light passing through specific objects in a desire to capture a moment that will never be repeated. In Kiril Prashkov’s work, the opposition of material is like a dance between reality and the possible notion of it. Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova creates the scenarios for her video works as detailed narratives in pictures. Krassimir Terziev’s collage drawing presents his vision of a work in a public space, and Simeon Simeonov often tries to search for the three-dimensionality of his sculptures in the two-dimensional space of the paper.

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