Scar Field
Lyubomir Krastev, Plovdiv
1983 Born in Ruse, Bulgaria. Education 2008MA at AMDFA, Plovdiv;
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![]() Lyubomir Krastev |
Scar Field Participation in a group exhibition Tractatus Locus. Space in contemporary artwork - a curatorial project of Kristina Schrei. “When artists produce a work, a structure is created. This does not just mean that it produces a concrete, tangible object. Rather, a work of art creates a content that goes beyond the purely visual and opens up spaces of association. This ranges from sculptural gestures, which form constructs, to fictive spaces that tell stories, to fantastical figures that create dreamlike spheres.” - Kristina Schrei In the project Scar Field, Lyubomir Krastev interprets this subjective space - abstract and real - exploring its possibilities in an "alienated and disturbing reality". The work is a reflection on the nature itself, as an abstract essence and its contrast to the industry, but also as a metaphor of consciousness. Observing the balanced plan of the scarred rock surface, depicted in his large format etching, we could immerse in a meditative contemplation and spiritual delight, as if we are among nature where we turn inward, breathing slowly, but in this feeling of balance, the elements such as craters, lava, fire and flying soot bring premonition of a disaster pulsating beneath the surface of a perhaps peaceful scenery. Scar Field explores different versions represented by the multilayered nature of the graphic narrative as “intermediate territory” that leaves the fixed boundaries of printmaking, but at the same time originating and related to this definition. This is once presented in the state of the pure graphic print, and again in the perception of the printing plate as an independent aesthetic object - a reference to the historical emergence of the used technique. The project is realized with the kind support of Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art. |