Valentin stefanoff
Plastic Romanticism
2018
inkjet print on photo paper sticked on aluminium
100 x 150 cm
SHOWTIME
Curated by Marcus Graf
Martian Tabakov | Richard Bartle | Sevda Semer | Kalina Dimitrova | Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras | Nina Kovacheva | Valentin Stefanoff | Elenka Nazarova
16.09 - 22.09.2022
Gallery Collect participates at Contemporary Istanbul 2022 with an experimental booth. Curated by Marcus Graf, SHOWTIME goes beyond the traditional exhibition manners at an art fair to respond to the high-speed of change at the fair. It also responds to the dynamism of Istanbul and the permanent flux of contemporary art.
Every hour, one artwork will be displayed on the outer main wall of the gallery’s booth in a stage-like manner. These 60 minutes are the showtime of the artwork, the time when it easily catches the attention of the art crowd. Afterwards, the piece goes back into the backstage-like space in the center of the booth. There in a salon-like exhibition design, the audience can experience numerous works by different artists of the gallery. SHOWTIME interconnects the act of presenting and hiding as well as focusing and diverting to propose alternative strategies of showing and producing art today.
Meet the artists
Kalina Dimitrova
Kalina Dimitrova was born in 1975 in Gabrovo. She graduated in Mural Painting at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. In her works she tries to visualize the human relations that are expressed through objects viewed from a certain perspective, as well as create objects that contain the residue of human relations from near or distant past. She is currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras was born in 1975 in Sofia. He graduated in graphic art from the National Academy of Art in Sofia. He works primarily in the field of contemporary art: painting, drawing, object and installation artwork. He currently works and lives in Bulgaria.
Sevda Semer
Born in Sofia, 1990. Graduated the National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures. Participated in exhibitions and projects in Bulgaria, Canada, Spain and England. After a two year stay in London, now based back in Sofia. Artists' works are about conceptions of text, history, narrative; the unfolding of memory and emotions; and the intimate relationship between art and the viewer.
Martian Tabakov
Martian Tabakov ( b. 1992, Sofia, Bulgaria ) is a visual artist working mainly in the fields of sculpture, sculptural installation and drawing. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria Sculpture department – 2015 and Form and Movement 2017. He also specialized in Sculpture in the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerpen, Belgium 2013. The human figure is the major theme in his art, he engages with them as a universal form consisting of many organic forms and develops it to a point, where it loses most of its anthropomorphic characteristics.
Nina Kovacheva
Nina Kovacheva was born in Sofia in 1960. She lives and works in Paris. In 1985 she graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. Nina Kovacheva is a versatile artist. Her work goes beyond the confines of a single medium. She taps into the resources of video, photography and drawing, amongst others. Nina Kovashova's works are in many museums and private collections. Here are a few examples from the collections of her works: Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria / Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne, France / European Investment Bank, Luxembourg.
Valentin Stefanoff
Valentin Stefanoff was born in 1959, Sofia. In 1985 Valentin Stefanoff graduated from The National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Paris, France. Harmony and logic, aesthetics and mathematics are all united in the works of Valentin Stefanoff. His works are thought out and realized with sophisticated precision and respect for detail. It’s as if these are investigating the border between the creative and the other human talents while hinting at their mutual nostalgia.
Richard Bartle
Richard Bartle is a contemporary visual artist and curator with over 28 years of exhibitions and art experience. He still works between England and Istanbul. Bartle works with a variety of contemporary mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation and video. His semi-autobiographical works are inspired by ideas about penetrating a place or culture, and are often informed by covering key issues around political, social and environmental concerns.
Elenaka Nazarova
Elena Vasileva Nazarova (1998) is a Bulgarian-born visual artist whose work combines different visual mediums in an aim to explore and highlight the underlying humanity in different contemporary societal contexts. Since 2016 after graduating Graphic Design in the “St. Luke National School of Applied Arts” in Sofia, Bulgaria, Elenka has been working as a freelance creative;
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inkjet print on photo paper sticked on aluminium
100 x 150 cm
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200cm x 136cm
Sevda Semer
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ERRORS. No21
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Martian Tabakov
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Elena Nazarova
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NINA Kovacheva
Smiles Giving, Tears Crying,
2008
lambda on aluminum
140×100 cm
Richard Bartle
Little Pine Forest
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
200cm x 136cm
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras
“Symmetry of daily routine’ series – Preparatory No19
2021
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
120 x 80 cm
Kalina Dimitrova
Running Tumbleweed serıes No.1
2022
Color pencil on paper
78×56.5cm
Martian Tabakov
Shadow, from the Shadows cycle, 2019
Ink & Aquarelle
100x70cm
Valentin Stefanoff
Plastic Romanticism, 2018
inkjet print on photo paper sticked on aluminium
100 x 150 cm
Sevda Semer
Have you been here before body
2018
acrylic on textile
140x100cm
Elena Nazarova
Townsmen Series
2020
acryl on canvas
103x103cm
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras
‘Symmetry of daily routine’ series – Preparatory, #20
2022
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
120x80cm
NINA Kovacheva
Untitled
Oil on canvas
2021
120x160cm
Martian Tabakov
Forest, ink, acrylic 2016
Ink / Acrylic
100×70 cm
Valentin Stefanoff
Plastic Romanticism,
2018
inkjet print on photo paper sticked on aluminium
100 x 150 cm
Richard Bartle
Big Island
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
200cm x 136cm
Kalina Dimitrova
Running Tumbleweed serıes No.4
2022
Color pencil on paper
78×56.5cm
Sevda Semer
Two forces that create one another
75×57
crayon on paper
Elenka Nazarova
Townsmen Series
2020
acryl on canvas
103x103cm
Martian Tabakov
Shadow, from the Shadows cycle
2019
Ink / paper
100×70 cm
Valentin Stefanoff
Primodial soup, 2011
100 x 150 cm
Edition 2/5
lambda on alluminium
Richard Bartle
Watery Tower
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
200cm x 136cm
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras
Georgi Georgiev / Jorrras
“HOTEL 3′ series – Preparatory, #02
2022” oil on canvas, fiberboard, corrugated cardboard, styrofoam, fabrics
80x60x25 cm
Kalina Dimitrova
Running tumbleweed serıes No.3
2022
Color pencil on paper
78×56.5cm
Nina Kovacheva
Smiles Giving, Tears Crying, 2008 lambda on aluminum
140×100 cm
Sevda Semer
Untitled,
acrylic, charcoal on handmade cotton paper
84x66cm
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