Take No Chances
Nestor Kovachev and Martina Yordanova
Nestor Kovachev 1981Born in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Education 2006Education Internship at Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria 2002Study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013Take no chances, Handi Nikoli Art Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 2012Uccellacci e uccellini, Gallery Heike Curtze-Salzburg, Austria 2011The Pleasure of Making Art, Next Generation IV, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria; Me, a Self-Portrait as an Artwork, Gallery Heike Curtze, Berlin, Germany;
Selected Group Exhibitions 2013Das Absurde in der Realität, WUK, Vienna; 2012The Naked Man, LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria; 2010Central Europe Revisited III, Esterhàzy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria;
Awards and Public Collections 2013Canson Prix Award Nomination, France 2012Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria 2010Esterhàzy Private Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria 2010UniCredit Group’s Art Collection, Italy
Contact: Web page: www.nestorkovachev.net
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![]() Nestor Kovachev Photo: Han Hadji Nikoli |
Take No Chances
Organisation of the projekt and preparation of the catalogue: M. Yordanova and N. Kovachev.
The concept of the exhibition is represented by two main works. One of them is a serial of 71 pencil drawings (size 21x15cm), referring to the Bulgarian movie of 1967 The tied up balloon, directed by Binka Zhelyazkova. During the Second World War, a barrage balloon appears out of nowhere in the sky above a Bulgarian village and begins a conversation with the people. This shakes the imagination of the peasants and causes endless speculations, assumptions and contentions. The villagers are shocked by its appearance and decide to take it off by firing a volley. The movie ends up with the bursting of the balloon and being torn to pieces by by the peasants. I change the end of my interpretation and the balloon is not destroyed, but continues to fly.
The second work, which is also part of the exhibition, is a performance at the opening. I invited a woman, who cast bullets for the visitors of the exhibition. The objects are the material part of the performance act and are exhibited on wooden bases in the first of three gallery rooms.
The exhibition is titled after a Bulgarian saying, which means something like Take no chances.
In conjunction with the exhibition there is a catalogue with a text from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Galina Lardeva. |