Biotope 18.1-3 (works for a group exhibition)
Slav Nedev, Sofia
| 1967 Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia. Selected Awards and Scholarships 2012 Certificate of Honor from Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Kathmandu, Nepal 2011 Residency at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany 2009 Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2006 Audience Award, National Painting Competition of H. Schmincke & Co. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2016 2010 Prints, Artur Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria Biotope, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2008 Images from Nowhere, Agrion Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2006 Remains, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2003 Creation, Kozhuharovi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria Between Two Dreams, Triadiss Gallery, Sofia 1999 Works on Paper, Dritta Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 1995 Selected Works, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2015 Map of the New Art, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy 2014 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA The Untold Abstraction, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013 Open Monument, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2012 Chances, Choices, Changes, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria Communications, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria 2011 Zona Urbana, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2009 T-A-P-E INVITES at Made in Arnhem 2009, Arnhem, Netherlands Environmental Justice, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Close Distance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2007 Cultural Identity, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia / Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, USA Balance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2003 10 Years Izkustvo / Art in Bulgaria Magazine, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2002 Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria 1994 New Names, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria Contact Mobile: +359 887 833 813 Email: slav_nedev@gmx.net Website: www.slavnedev.eu |
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Biotope 18.1-3 The works Biotope 18.1-3 are a continuation of the Biotope series*, however they were created especially for the exhibition τόπος - topographies - ...topias, realized May-June 2016, at Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia. Two of them (Biotope 18.1 and 18.2) show different views of the same desert area. They have been displayed orthogonally to each other in order to “capture” the viewer in the desert landscape. The third image shows the central scene in a clear night lit by the full moon. * Biotope (Greek βίος (bios) 'life' + τόπος (topos) 'place') is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific biological community.
The Biotope project is a large art installation representing a “city” of trash containers. The project deals with one of the most serious problems today – the problem with the waste. The increasing consumption leads to increased environmental pollution. The consumption has become a “social duty” or even reflex that should keep the economy going. The consumer society has turned into a waste society. The message of the project is clear: we leave so much waste that the place we live in (i.e. our Biotope) turns gradually into a dumping ground thus limiting our outlook and our movements. |
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