{"id":2157,"date":"2020-12-23T13:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T11:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:28:35","slug":"glass-gas-and-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"GLASS, GAS AND ELECTRICITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sariev-gallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">sariev<\/a> gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pX5Wk-_c-M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EXHIBITION \/ 21 DECEMBER 2020 \u2013 2 FEBRUARY 2021 \/ SARIEV, PLOVDIV \/ RADA BOUKOVA \/ MARIANA VASSILEVA \/ VENTSISLAV ZANKOV \/ PRAVDOLIUB IVANOV \/ VIKENTI KOMITSKI \/ STEFAN NIKOLAEV \/ KALIN SERAPIONOV \/ DIMITAR SOLAKOV \/ KAMEN STOYANOV \/ SAMUIL STOYANOV \/ KRASSIMIR TERZIEV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9983-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sariev-gallery.com\/artists\/ventsislav-zankov\/bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ventsislav Zankov<\/a>, Untitled, 2020, neon, 300\u0445180\u044515 cm, 3+1AP,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:vesselina@sariev-gallery.com?subject=Inquiry%20%C2%A0%2F%20%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5&amp;body=Hello%20Vesselina%2C%20could%20you%20please%20send%20me%20more%20information%2C%20availability%2C%20price%20of%20the%20work%20....%20(name%20the%20work%20and%20the%20artist)%0A%0A%D0%97%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%20%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%20%D0%BB%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D0%B8%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%20%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%20%D0%B8%20%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%20......%20(%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%20%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%20%D0%B8%20%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)%0A%0ABest%20regards%2C%0A%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%2C%0A%0A(your%20name)%0A(%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5)%0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inquiry &nbsp;\/ \u0417\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I had mentioned that the work is most likely a modern reference to Moses and the Burning Bush, yet in this case there is no one to speak or answer &#8211; there is only the buzzing of the transformers. The artwork is untitled and was part of my solo exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/?page_id=942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before me (2020) in Raiko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The exhibition presented some of my large-format paintings and sculptures made of cast iron. They constitute a visual symbiosis of two themes, two crises intertwined in human behavior &#8211; ecological and social, the latter of which was brought about by the coronavirus pandemic &#8211; that evolved into an existential crisis and a question about the human.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The tree as a central motif can be understood as a metaphor of psychic domains and visions of loneliness and isolation in a certain natural context.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For example, the trees represented in large-format paintings are not part of a forest, but rather single entities, barren crowns, strenuously plunged into a gloomy sky. Nature morte \/ Still life. Next to them, placed outside the context and the framework, stands a technological neon tree that glows in blood red and resembles a system of blood vessels. The micro becomes macro and deepens the anxiety.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sariev-gallery.com\/artists\/ventsislav-zankov\/bio\" target=\"_blank\">Ventsislav Zankov<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/491707116\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/491707116\">Untitled, 2020 (detail)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user129351112\">Sariev Gallery<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sariev gallery EXHIBITION \/ 21 DECEMBER 2020 \u2013 2 FEBRUARY 2021 \/ SARIEV, PLOVDIV \/ RADA BOUKOVA \/ MARIANA VASSILEVA \/ VENTSISLAV ZANKOV \/ PRAVDOLIUB IVANOV \/ VIKENTI KOMITSKI \/ STEFAN NIKOLAEV \/ KALIN SERAPIONOV \/ DIMITAR SOLAKOV \/ KAMEN STOYANOV \/ SAMUIL STOYANOV \/ KRASSIMIR TERZIEV Ventsislav Zankov, Untitled, 2020, neon, 300\u0445180\u044515 cm, 3+1AP,&nbsp;Inquiry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/?p=2157\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GLASS, GAS AND ELECTRICITY<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group-exhibitions","tag-neon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zankov.info\/selected\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}