Simeon Markov: Study of a Collection
Sarieva/Gallery Plovdiv is pleased to present its joint exhibition with young collector Simeon Markov 鈥� Study of a Collection. The exhibition continues the gallery鈥檚 long-standing initiatives for getting to know and developing the collector鈥檚 environment in Bulgaria. Study of a Collection will enable more people to see fragments from a private contemporary art collection, to learn about its logic, ethics, principles of compilation, but also about the challenges it is confronted with. The program will provide an opportunity for a broader and more engaged conversation about art collecting and its significance for the artistic environment in Bulgaria and abroad.
Simeon Markov started collecting at the age of 14, while still a student in his hometown, Plovdiv. Today he is a law student in Sofia. His collection includes family heirloom artworks, subsequently recognized by him as the main source of his interests, as well as other works of personal choice. His collector鈥檚 passion awakened during the years of self-formation and refers to various subjects: individual-individualism, society-community, education. The artworks present controversial personages and propagandists who gravitate between heroism and outsiderness, edging along the accepted norm. Excluding the collection鈥檚 intimate aspect, certain parts of it practically supplement Simeon Markov鈥檚 activist experience in the field of student self-government and youth policies.
A characteristic feature of the collection is the fact that Simeon very often recognizes artefacts and accompanying materials from the authors鈥� artistic practice, organizing their new life as artworks through the act of collecting them. This particular unearthing, sometimes bordering on co-authorship, is quite often made possible by Simeon鈥檚 deep knowledge of an author鈥檚 collective work, the history of the artworks and the young collector鈥檚 analytical endeavors in studying archival documents and books. These objects were desired with a feeling of respect for their own artistic context and environment, but also with a passion for their decontextualization and incorporation into one鈥檚 own collector鈥檚 narrative.
It is according to this logic of 鈥渄esired and acquired鈥� that the exhibition shows works from Simeon Markov鈥檚 collection, as well as still unacquired ones. The exhibited part of the collection includes artworks by Nikola Kazakov, Ivo Dimchev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Nedko Solakov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Dimitar Shopov, Mariela Gemisheva, Kalin Serapionov, Tekla Aleksieva, while the desired ones are by authors Krassimir Terziev, Sasho Stoitzov, Min谩 Minov. These works range from drawing, painting, photography, video, object, amongst them are also valuable books. Many of them are shown to a wide audience for the first time.
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Sarieva/Gallery Plovdiv is pleased to present its joint exhibition with young collector Simeon Markov 鈥� Study of a Collection. The exhibition continues the gallery鈥檚 long-standing initiatives for getting to know and developing the collector鈥檚 environment in Bulgaria. Study of a Collection will enable more people to see fragments from a private contemporary art collection, to learn about its logic, ethics, principles of compilation, but also about the challenges it is confronted with. The program will provide an opportunity for a broader and more engaged conversation about art collecting and its significance for the artistic environment in Bulgaria and abroad.
Simeon Markov started collecting at the age of 14, while still a student in his hometown, Plovdiv. Today he is a law student in Sofia. His collection includes family heirloom artworks, subsequently recognized by him as the main source of his interests, as well as other works of personal choice. His collector鈥檚 passion awakened during the years of self-formation and refers to various subjects: individual-individualism, society-community, education. The artworks present controversial personages and propagandists who gravitate between heroism and outsiderness, edging along the accepted norm. Excluding the collection鈥檚 intimate aspect, certain parts of it practically supplement Simeon Markov鈥檚 activist experience in the field of student self-government and youth policies.
A characteristic feature of the collection is the fact that Simeon very often recognizes artefacts and accompanying materials from the authors鈥� artistic practice, organizing their new life as artworks through the act of collecting them. This particular unearthing, sometimes bordering on co-authorship, is quite often made possible by Simeon鈥檚 deep knowledge of an author鈥檚 collective work, the history of the artworks and the young collector鈥檚 analytical endeavors in studying archival documents and books. These objects were desired with a feeling of respect for their own artistic context and environment, but also with a passion for their decontextualization and incorporation into one鈥檚 own collector鈥檚 narrative.
It is according to this logic of 鈥渄esired and acquired鈥� that the exhibition shows works from Simeon Markov鈥檚 collection, as well as still unacquired ones. The exhibited part of the collection includes artworks by Nikola Kazakov, Ivo Dimchev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Nedko Solakov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Dimitar Shopov, Mariela Gemisheva, Kalin Serapionov, Tekla Aleksieva, while the desired ones are by authors Krassimir Terziev, Sasho Stoitzov, Min谩 Minov. These works range from drawing, painting, photography, video, object, amongst them are also valuable books. Many of them are shown to a wide audience for the first time.
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