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Luchezar Boyadjiev
Born 1957, Sofia. Lives and works in Sofia.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2006
Crawling Carpets, curated by Melentie Pandilovski, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia.
2004
Roma in Sofia, One-artist stand in “The Balkans – a Crossroad to the Future”, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy.
2003
Hot City Visual, project for Visual Seminar, ICA at ATA Center, and interventions in the city, Sofia.
2002
Halle_fuer_Kunst, curator Heike Munder, Lueneburg, Germany.
E-FACE 2000, ArtMediaCenter TV Gallery, Moscow.
1998
Revolution for All, curated by Charles Esche, Eddie Berg, Iliyana Nedkova, Holden Gallery, Manchester.
1994
The Fountain of Europe: Doubletake, curated by Vasif Kortun, Center for Curatorial Studies — Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA.
Selected group exhibitions
2006
Belief, curated by Fumio Nanjo, Sharmini Pereira, Eugene Tan, Roger McDonald, 1st Singapore Biennale.
Periferic 7. Focussing Iasi, Section “Social Process”, curated by Marius Babias, Angelika Nollert, Iasi, Romania.
2005
Memory Lane, curated by Rene Block, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Gallery Durer, Istanbul.
Urban Realities: Focus Istanbul, curated by Christoph Tannert, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin.
Sus les ponts, le long de la rivière..., curated by Enrico Lunghi, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg .
Belonging, curated by Jack Persekian, Tirdad Zolghadr, 7th International Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE.
2004
Privatizations. The Post-communist Condition, curated by Boris Groys, Kunstwerke, Berlin.
The Balkans – a Crossroad to the Future, curated by Harald Szeemann, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy.
2003
In the Gorges of the Balkans, curated by Rene Block, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.
2002
Kunstsommer Wiesbaden. 40 Years of Fluxus Festival. International Networks, curated by Rene Block and Rirkrit Tiravanija, Karstadt Technikhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Manifesta 4, curated by Iara Boubnova, Nuria Enguita Mayo, Stéphanie Moisdon Trembley Frankfurt, Germany.
Reconstructions, curated by Iara Boubnova, Andrei Erofeev, etc, 4th International Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro.
An Artist who does not speak English is not an artist, Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn.
In his most recent works the Bulgarian artist Luchezar Boyadjiev turned to the esthetics of advertising. With a refined irony he combines the garishness and familiarity of advert billboards with religious topics, creating the humorous space of a ‘new religion’, the belief of a commercialized society. An understanding of the advert as a form of modern ‘monumental propaganda’ permits the advert images to grow through the facades of buildings and take up a dominating position in the city space.
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Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria)
“At night all squares are Red.
New World – he is on vacation; she is earning a living”, 2007
12 photos, lambda print
60 x 130, 60 x 180, 60x 170 cm
Ñourtesy the artist
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