IVAN NINOV - "CRACKS IN THE OBVIOUS"
Solo exhibition - graphics
Dates: 12.02.2020 - 12.03.2020
Opening: February 12, 2020, 6:00 p.m.
The Mission Gallery
State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Str. Alfred Nobel 2, Sofia
"Rather, my goal is to pierce the visible, to see the hidden and to draw it out." Ivan Ninov
Ivan Ninov is one of the great Bulgarian names in the field of graphic art. He works mainly in the field of graphics - drypoint, lithography and photolithography, but also in the field of illustration, drawing and painting.
In the work of Ivan Ninov abstract and figural forms are intertwined, which refer to a more sensitive and sublime reality. The purified compositions that can be seen in his lithographs are based mainly on natural forms and elements. They confront the audience with a three-dimensional density that moves simultaneously in the realms of the real and the imaginary, and his still lifes and portraits are a testament to his experienced talent and creative maturity.
The exhibition "Cracks in the Obvious" will present selected works of the author, created between 2008 and 2019, and its mission is to offer an unencumbered view of the hidden corners of his art world, beyond the familiar framework of the obvious reality.
BIOGRAPHY:
Ivan Ninov graduated from the Art High School in Sofia in 1969.
Since 1970 he has participated in a number of collective and solo exhibitions in the country, as well as in representative exhibitions of Bulgarian graphics abroad: USA, France, Norway, Germany, Argentina and others.
During his long career he took an active part in many international biennials and triennials of graphics around the world and was awarded prestigious prizes, including: Silver Dry Needle - Plaque, International Biennial of Graphics - Dry Needle, Uzice, Yugoslavia (2001), Golden Medal of the International Exhibition of Graphics, Stockholm, Sweden (1997), First Prize for Graphics - Autumn Salon, Sofia, Bulgaria (1993), Prize for Graphics of the Roman Academy of Foreign Art, Rome, Italy (1980).
His works are part of the collections of the National Art Gallery, Sofia City Art Gallery, the Library of Congress of the United States - Washington, the Ludwig Collection - Cologne and other important collections in Bulgaria and around the world.
He lives and works in Sofia.