photocredit : Romulo Sans, Empty
Thoughts, c-print, 2014
more about the exhibition
From
24 November to 10 December Bulart Gallery presents the international
project ShapeShifters, curated by Raul Zamudio from New York. The
exhibition with its rotating dynamic nature has collected
the art works by 14 artists from Bulgaria, USA, Italy, India, France,
Austria, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Spain. The basis of the concept is
enshrined the study of transformations and mutations in life, displayed
in the context of collective memory, socio-political and cultural
attitudes.
Ivaylo hristov. supernatural. LEDinstallation, plant, drawing on paper. 2015
photocredit: Bulart gallery
The dynamic nature of the exhibition has the function to
provoke the audience to participate in the survey through a permanent
presence and observations on their own perception of art, such as for
example the visitors shall to imagine an art work in the exhibition only
through the "sound
narrative" of its creator or that the visitor shall to looking at the
mirror/light his/her reflections or that the audience have to follow and
participating in the process of transformation of the exhibition in
every two days ecc.
Vladimir Ivanov during his performance "SunDogs at 5 pm""; photocredit Bulart gallery
Vladimir Ivanov, "SunDogs at 5 pm", mixed media on aluminium plate, 2015;
photocredit : the artist; Bulart galery
The startup exhibition includes video, photography, drawings and objects of seven foreign guests and obe as the host from the city of Varna is marked by the performance of prof.Vlado Ivanov at the opening. Through step-by-step rotation the art works of bulgarian artists will
replace the works of foreign guests and at the end during official
closure of the exhibition to the audience will be presented a collection
of seven works by Bulgarian artists and one by the guest of abroad. The 14 art works will not been together in the gallery and only those visitors who follow the process of transformation of the exhibition will get the full picture and information about what is happening.
Paolo Vivian, Good Intentions, wood, 7 cedar seeds,colors, 2015 .detail
photocredit:the artists, Bulart gallery
Paolo Vivian, Good Intentions, wood, 7 cedar seeds,colors, 2015
photocredit:the artists, Bulart gallery
With
this project the American curator Raul Zamudio explores the role of the
artist as a factor in the creation of cultural memory, the role of the
curator and his/her capabilities for manipulation and transformation of the messages. The project is asking the interesting questions about the psychological perception of arts today, its social function and the need of new aesthetic models, while at the same time the project is as research
about the code of the time and about the place of cultural identity in
the face of modernity. The study concludes with the publication,
documenting the transformation of the exhibition from the initial to the
final phase of the process. The ShapeShifters project, presented at Bulart gallery is implemented under the Cultural Bridges program of RGFoundation.
photo credit:Jaishri Abichandani.Spock As Me digital photography, 2011
the concept
Shape-Shifters explores the protean
nature of identity in numerous contexts as well as the way some artworks are
formally unstable in being hybrids of painting and sculpture or photography and
performance, for example. The exhibition explores this via a diverse group of
fourteen artists that work in various media including painting, work-on-paper,
photography, sculpture, video, installation, sound art, and performance.
Lora Azza,Invasion,Gummy Bears. photo installation, 2015.photocredit:the artist, Bulart gallery
Apart from
the individual works that uniquely address the exhibition thematic, its
curatorial structure shape shifts too, for it initially entails the
presentation of seven foreign artists and one Bulgarian artist. The initial
Bulgarian artist will then select another Bulgarian artist to replace a foreign
artist. The substitution of a foreign artist with Bulgarian artist will occur
in increments throughout the exhibition’s duration so every other day there will
be a new group of artworks. The exhibition will end with the inverse of how it
began; that is, with a completely new presentation of artists consisting of
seven Bulgarian artists and one foreign artist.
the visitor is listening the audio piece "Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia
- Revolution, Gas, Werewolves", part of the sound installation by Andriy Bazyuta (Ukraine); photocredit: Bulart gallery
This component of Shape-Shifters is
to ontologically expand curatorship, the role of the artist, and the exhibition
viewer’s experience.
As
such, Shape-Shifters will be inherently paradoxical; at what
point can the exhibition claim completion: when it opens, during its
presentation, or when it reaches its termination date?
exhibition view .in front: Nestor Kovachev (AT) "Watercolors".
installation. plastic bottles. water from Yellow Sea.water from Black Sea, mix water from the both seas
photocredit: Bulart gallery
about the curator
RaúI Zamudio is a New York-based independent curator and
writer. He has curated or co-curated over 100 exhibitions in the Americas,
Asia, and Europe including curator, The Lady with the X-Ray Eyes, Contempo:
International Contemporary Art Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2014; co-curator,
Here is Where We Jump! : 2013 La Biennial, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY;
co-curator, City Without Walls, 2010 Liverpool Biennial; co-curator,
Constellations: 2009 Beijing 798 Biennial; artistic director/curator, Garden of
Delights: 2008 Yeosu International Art Festival; co-curator, Turn and Widen:
2008 Seoul International Media Art Biennial; and co-curator, Poles, Apart,
Poles Together, 2005 Venice Biennial. He
has contributed to more than 70 art-related books and exhibition catalogs and
is corresponding editor, Art Nexus, and written for numerous periodicals
including Contemporary, TRANS, Zingmagazine, Journal of the West, Tema Celeste,
La Tempestad, Art in Culture, [Art Notes], Framework: The Finnish Art Review,
Public Art, and Flash Art.
contact:
Bulart gallery
22 Shipka st| Varna 9000 | www.dorabulart.com
e-mail: dorabulart@gmail.com
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