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EXHIBITIONS
2020 “MADE IN ЛЕЩЕН“, Little bird place. Group exhibition
2020 “Dualism“,ONE Gallery, group exhibition
2020 "(YOU)(BE)Like me" Arosita Gallery, Sofia
2020 "The Past. Method of use", Nuance Art Gallery, Sofia
2019 "HOMOSOC", PORT A , documentary exhibition, Sofia
2019 "FORMS" AETHER, group exhibition, part of Sofia Pride Events, Sofia
2019 "Art Start" Goethe Institut, group exhibition, Sofia
2018 "EXISTENCE MINIMUM", REPUBLICA , solo exhibition, Sofia
2017 "Open studio", Cite International Des Arts, Paris
2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague
2014 Via Pontica- International Youth Arts Festival, Balchik
2013 SOHO (Sofia Holistic Coworking Company), first solo exhibition, Sofia
EXHIBITIONS
2020 “MADE IN ЛЕЩЕН“, Little bird place. Group exhibition
2020 “Dualism“,ONE Gallery, group exhibition
2020 "(YOU)(BE)Like me" Arosita Gallery, Sofia
2020 "The Past. Method of use", Nuance Art Gallery, Sofia
2019 "HOMOSOC", PORT A , documentary exhibition, Sofia
2019 "FORMS" AETHER, group exhibition, part of Sofia Pride Events, Sofia
2019 "Art Start" Goethe Institut, group exhibition, Sofia
2018 "EXISTENCE MINIMUM", REPUBLICA , solo exhibition, Sofia
2017 "Open studio", Cite International Des Arts, Paris
2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague
2014 Via Pontica- International Youth Arts Festival, Balchik
2013 SOHO (Sofia Holistic Coworking Company), first solo exhibition, Sofia
A project by Iskra Blagoeva
A project by Iskra Blagoeva
Rumen Georgiev - photography
Rumen Georgiev - photography
Rumen Georgiev - photography

ONE Gallery
presents
Iskra Blagoeva
viennacontemporary
International Art Fair
24 - 27 September 2020
Marx Halle Vienna
BOOTH D23

The works of Iskra Blagoeva resemble the dreams of a “bad” girl. The images emerge in the darkness as powerful visions coming to express an innermost longing for liberation. They confuse our notions of the woman or womanly and make us face forgotten archetypes hiding in the shadows of socially accepted models. In part of her works, the artist reaches back to mythology in order to reveal a different point of view and a possibility for perception of popular figures incorporated in the traditions and cultural memory. With a genuine desire to break the rules, she presents a different image of the woman, one that is opposite to the kindness, fragility, fertility and maternal care – an ancient Lilith banished from the biblical Eden, who appears with multiple faces blending with the image of the artist herself. Iskra Blagoeva sees the psychological symbolic work with images as a form of criticism in contemporary society.


By ridiculing the traditions, the artist shows the imminent decline of patriarchy, intertwined with the conservatism of consumer culture on the contemporary market of meaningless dreams. The engagement ring turned into a box is a symbol of the replaced expectations and the cruelty of society. However, instead of dashed innocence and a victim, Iskra Blagoeva finds in this painful failure of "dreams" an opportunity for rebellion.
Vladiya Mihaylova
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