Moods

To The Artworks

exhibition of paintings by Nikolay Yanakiev
04 – 24 April 2024
Opening - Thursday 04 April 2024, 17:00 - 20:00

From April 4, 2024 Largo gallery will host a solo exhibition of the iconic Bulgarian artist Nikolay Yanakiev. The exhibition is called "Moods" and presents 22 paintings created in the last few years.
Nikolay Yanakiev is not an author who needs to be introduced. He is considered one of the most established and well-known names on the contemporary visual scene. Laureate of numerous national and international awards, his works are owned by private and public collections around the world. Nikolay is the first Bulgarian artist to sell his work at the world famous Christie's auction house.

Nikolay works in the field of painting and his art is characterized as "abstract", "expressive", "impressionistic", "fauvist", but also very poetic, with elements of implied realism. Yanakiev has proven himself over the years as an artist with an inimitable and recognizable style, with an exceptional sense of color and an impeccable sense of composition.

In the present exhibition, we will enjoy the extremely colorful and life-affirming stories told in the canvases. The artist himself says that in recent years most of his paintings represent imaginary worlds, where only the implied form reminds of reality. Each of Nikolai's works seems to be a game, an experiment with one predominant color. This is especially evident in the cycle "Moods", which gave the title of the exhibition. Each of the works in this cycle has an underlying tone that resonates with a different human condition. What it is, how the viewer will feel it, depends on his mood, on the attitude with which he approaches the canvas. Thus, in the "mood" in green, someone will find immersion and calmness, and another - melancholy. In the "mood" in black, one will see darkness and sinking, and another - pulsation and anticipation of a jump outside the frame. The "orange mood" evokes joy and euphoria in some or vertigo and tension in others. In the "mood" in red we will find love, fiery passion, the desire for reciprocity. But someone else will see in the picture a blood-red sunset, pain and separation. Thus, the emotional coloring of the works goes beyond what the artist created and becomes dependent on the subjective emotions of the viewers, who will recognize their moods, feelings and dreams in the paintings of Nikolay Yanakiev.

The exhibition will open with a vernissage on 04.04.2024 from 17:00 to 20:00 in the salon of the Largo Gallery, 8 Han Krum Street, Varna. See more about the artist in his profile in the "Artists" section of the site.

Nelly Valcheva