11 Years Largo Art Gallery. Eleven Revelations of Light

To The Artworks

A collective exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Vasil Stoev, Vladimir Penev, Dimitar Rashkov, Dolores Dilova, Eli Stancheva, Zdravka Vasileva, Zdravko Palazov, Nikolay Yanakiev, Petio Marinov, Stiliana Uzunova and Tatiana Harizanova

27 November 2019 – 17 January 2020

Opening reception– Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 6:30 PM 

Largo Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of the collective exhibition "11 Years Largo Art Gallery. Eleven revelations for light" by eleven of the most established contemporary Bulgarian artists. The exhibition includes paintings by Vasil Stoev, Vladimir Penev, Dolores Dilova, Eli Stancheva, Zdravka Vasileva, Zdravko Palazov, Nikolay Yanakiev, Petio Marinov, Stiliana Uzunova, Tatyana Harizanova, and Dimitar Rashkov who will be presenting himself with paintings and sculptures.

Light plays a key role in the creative expression of any artist. The interpretation of light enables us to enjoy different works, different approaches in art, often from different perspectives on the same object. It is a real pleasure for us, the viewers, to see and discover the world around us in a different way, just because the artist has played in his own way with the light. Centuries ago, light was a determining factor in the work of artists. Even those who are not experienced in the art know what creative heights Rembrandt or Caravaggio can achieve, using light as a powerful tool in their paintings and reaching through its skillful handling of unsuspecting heights. To this day, the way in which Monet builds his masterpieces only by the flicker of light remains inimitable.

And so, in this exhibition eleven outstanding Bulgarian artists create their works, skillfully using this powerful tool - light. In Vladimir Penev’s artworks we can see the light piercing the sky like a powerful ray and flood the whole work, whereas in the young Tatiana Harizanova’s canvases the light is absent and enlightened, only to emphasize the darkness. In Zdravka Vassileva's paintings light is depicted in a precise, contrasting picture with darkness or coming from outside and flowing into the intimate cozy world of man. For Nikolay Yanakiev, light is the instrument that gives life to the colors in his paintings and makes them pulse with their rhythm. And in Dolores Dilova's paintings, her beloved Kavarna and its surroundings are painted in such a way that they themselves radiate light, capturing the artist's eyes and her heart, filling her favorite places with radiance and softness. For Dimitar Rashkov, light is like a journey, a fusion with nature, transformed with pastel softness in his landscapes. The talented Stiliana Uzunova provokes the audience with works in which the light comes from new unknown worlds, hidden in parallel universes. And in Vasil Stoev's paintings, light is structured in an inimitable way in the fabric of landscapes, shaping his compositions and their incredible depth and power. Eli Stancheva from Plovdiv, with particular craftsmanship and delicate sensitivity, interprets the same places and objects through light in her paintings, creating in us the feeling of events that seems to be happening before our eyes. And the painter from Smolyan Zdravko Palazov and the artist from Varna Petio Marinov discover before us their interpretations of the light by engaging it in human nature. Thus, in the picture of Zdravko Palazov “Light”, the whole philosophy of the exhibition seems to have been collected. It is the light that inspires the artists, but this light is the most visible, the most meaningful, the most pervasive when conceived by the human presence. Man, the true, the seeker, the humble, but also the proud, he is the bearer of light. And it is no coincidence that in each of the landscapes prevalent in the exhibition, even if not directly depicted, the human presence is felt everywhere. Because he, the Man, bears the most precious light - the Light of the Spirit.

Eleven artists of different generations, with different styles and artistic techniques, combined by one theme - Eleven Revelations for Light. An exhibition worth seeing. We look forward to welcoming you on November 27, 2019 at 6:30 pm at Largo Art Gallery, Varna, 8^th Han Krum Street. The exhibition runs until January 17, 2020.

Nelly Valcheva, gallerist