2014 January @ SOFIA gallery_London_UK
THANK YOU ALL who shared so amazing moments there!
Private View / Vernisage GUESTS and the Director of the BCI Mrs. Dionisieva
Miracle moments with life music performance of Paul FIELD and Lu COZMA
Theodor Liho and Peter S Smith have been colleagues for over ten years. They lead workshops and curate the exhibition of participants at the annual CA Seminars in the Netherlands and Germany. Both their careers have successfully combined academic experience as art and design educators with intensive work as professional artists/designers.
The work of these artists provides interesting parallels and contrasts. Both artists have an interest in visual language in traditional and contemporary form. Both believe in the power of visual language as a creative means of communication and visual expression.
Smith explores the potential for visual metaphor in observed appearance using traditional graphic techniques. Liho's clear understanding of traditional graphic process and design also finds expression in the creative use of contemporary digital and photographic media, often moving into thought provoking installations.
They first exhibited together in 2012 in the Mission Gallery at the Institute for Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia. They are delighted to bring their work together again for this exhibition in the Sofia Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London.
It is also a pleasure to introduce the work of two talented young Bulgarian artist/designers, Desislava Desseva and Nikolay Petrov.
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Идеята за този общ проект 3G BG/GB се заражда преди около две години в Русе.
Тогава журито на международния конкурс за екслибирис, организиран от Регионалната библиотека Любен Каравелов имаше привилегията да бъде оглавено от Питър С Смит. Първата изложба от този проект бе през май 2012 в пространството на галерия МИСИЯТА към Държавния културен институт на Министерство на външните работи в София.
Двамата автори ги свързва познанство от близо 10 години, благодарение на СА семинарите в Нидерландия и Германия. Там и двамата ръководят ателиета и курират изложбата на участниците. Общото межу тях е и съчетаването на академичната преподавателска практика с интензивната работа като художници с международно признание и силен индивидуален облик.
“Днес имаме възможност за представяне на процеса в развитие тук, в гостоприемния простор на галерия СОФИЯ в Лондон, като заедно с двамата автори се представят и двама творци, представители на най-младата българска генерация: Десислава Десева и Николай Петров.”
The work of these artists provides interesting parallels and contrasts. Both artists have an interest in visual language in traditional and contemporary form. Both believe in the power of visual language as a creative means of communication and visual expression.
Smith explores the potential for visual metaphor in observed appearance using traditional graphic techniques. Liho's clear understanding of traditional graphic process and design also finds expression in the creative use of contemporary digital and photographic media, often moving into thought provoking installations.
They first exhibited together in 2012 in the Mission Gallery at the Institute for Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia. They are delighted to bring their work together again for this exhibition in the Sofia Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London.
It is also a pleasure to introduce the work of two talented young Bulgarian artist/designers, Desislava Desseva and Nikolay Petrov.
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Идеята за този общ проект 3G BG/GB се заражда преди около две години в Русе.
Тогава журито на международния конкурс за екслибирис, организиран от Регионалната библиотека Любен Каравелов имаше привилегията да бъде оглавено от Питър С Смит. Първата изложба от този проект бе през май 2012 в пространството на галерия МИСИЯТА към Държавния културен институт на Министерство на външните работи в София.
Двамата автори ги свързва познанство от близо 10 години, благодарение на СА семинарите в Нидерландия и Германия. Там и двамата ръководят ателиета и курират изложбата на участниците. Общото межу тях е и съчетаването на академичната преподавателска практика с интензивната работа като художници с международно признание и силен индивидуален облик.
“Днес имаме възможност за представяне на процеса в развитие тук, в гостоприемния простор на галерия СОФИЯ в Лондон, като заедно с двамата автори се представят и двама творци, представители на най-младата българска генерация: Десислава Десева и Николай Петров.”
Peter S SMITH
prints
prints
Teddy's graphite on canvas drawings from TOP ART sequence:
TOP_brush, TOP_muchroom, TOP_brain...
Desislava Desseva is Sofia based visual artist and designer.
Works in the field of graphic design and typography, poster, spatial design, photography, web- design, interactive design and multimedia, textile-design. She is currently graduating from The National Academy of Art, Sofia (MA in Advertising Design) and working as a graphic and web-designer.
‘’ I am really honored to be able to exhibit with Theodor Liho and Peter S Smith, artists and professionals, who freely claim ‘’The Way I see it’’ point of view. I share their passion for exploration, deconstructing reality, constantly asking questions and searching for new means of expression.
I use structures, codes, symbols and letterforms that we are used to perceiving in a certain way and give them new meanings, which let them be a part of an aesthetic symbiosis. My works show a visual language which allows type to carry out multiple messages - visual metaphors based on free associations.’’
Works in the field of graphic design and typography, poster, spatial design, photography, web- design, interactive design and multimedia, textile-design. She is currently graduating from The National Academy of Art, Sofia (MA in Advertising Design) and working as a graphic and web-designer.
‘’ I am really honored to be able to exhibit with Theodor Liho and Peter S Smith, artists and professionals, who freely claim ‘’The Way I see it’’ point of view. I share their passion for exploration, deconstructing reality, constantly asking questions and searching for new means of expression.
I use structures, codes, symbols and letterforms that we are used to perceiving in a certain way and give them new meanings, which let them be a part of an aesthetic symbiosis. My works show a visual language which allows type to carry out multiple messages - visual metaphors based on free associations.’’
Nikolai PETROV's artworks
Nikolay Petrov is a multidisciplinary visual artist from youngest Bulgarian generation.
He is working in different fields, exploring the possibilities of human imagination. Mostly he is known for his street art works, together with his crew ‘140 IDEAS’ (www.140ideas.eu) where they paint huge, socially engaged murals. Nikolay has studied “Advertising Design” in the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Besides graffiti and street art his work goes through origami and recycling paper, to calligraphy and typography as well as design and photography. Most of the time based on experiments, his work can be described as great mixture of different techniques and media, unpredictable and interesting for observation.
In this current exhibition the artist is represented by his project “Samurai of Light”. Nikolay use photography to create typographic compositions out of light. Long exposure photography gives him the possibility to “catch” the light in a frame and paint with it.
The artist has created seven Japanese “kanji” symbols each of them representing one of the seven Bushido virtues. Bushido literally means “the way of the warrior” and symbolise the samurai moral code.
“Today we need more than ever to find out the Samurai inside us, so we can act more human and kind, not just to others, but to ourselves as well. The “way of the warrior” remains hidden, if we are not reaching out for the LIGHT inside us.”
He is working in different fields, exploring the possibilities of human imagination. Mostly he is known for his street art works, together with his crew ‘140 IDEAS’ (www.140ideas.eu) where they paint huge, socially engaged murals. Nikolay has studied “Advertising Design” in the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Besides graffiti and street art his work goes through origami and recycling paper, to calligraphy and typography as well as design and photography. Most of the time based on experiments, his work can be described as great mixture of different techniques and media, unpredictable and interesting for observation.
In this current exhibition the artist is represented by his project “Samurai of Light”. Nikolay use photography to create typographic compositions out of light. Long exposure photography gives him the possibility to “catch” the light in a frame and paint with it.
The artist has created seven Japanese “kanji” symbols each of them representing one of the seven Bushido virtues. Bushido literally means “the way of the warrior” and symbolise the samurai moral code.
“Today we need more than ever to find out the Samurai inside us, so we can act more human and kind, not just to others, but to ourselves as well. The “way of the warrior” remains hidden, if we are not reaching out for the LIGHT inside us.”