Galerie Dana Charkasi curated by Iara Boubnova
„An elusive object of art“

2.5. - 18.6.2011 Press release Arrow
Galerie Dana Charkasi, Fleischmarkt 11, 1010 Vienna (closed since 2011)

Curator(s):

Iara Boubnova More Arrow
Born in Moscow in 1961, lives and works in Sofia iara Boubnova is founding Director of Sofia’s institute of Contemporary art (iCa). her curatorial projects include Beyond Credit, istanbul, and Photo I, Photo You, london (2010); Common History and its Personal Stories, MUSa, Vienna; From Ideology to Economy, Moscow; Liquid Frontiers, lille (2009); History in Present Tense (2007); Dialectics of Hope (2005); the 2nd and 1st Moscow Biennials (2007, 2005); the Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main (2002), and the Bulgarian national Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennial (1999).

Artist(s):

  • Pravdoliub Ivanov
  • Vikenti Komitski
  • Ivan Moudov More Arrow
    Ivan Moudov was born in 1975 in Sofia, where he lives and works. He graduated the National Academy of Art in Sofia. Among his most recent solo exhibitions are: Untitled, Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana, 2013, Air Drawing Contest, MUMOK, Vienna, 2013, Stones, Casa Cavazzini- Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Udine, Udine, 2013 Performing Time, Prometeogallery, Milan, The Glory Hole, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, 2012; %, W139, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2011; Wine for Openings/ Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010; Ivan Moudov, Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010; Trick or Treat, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 2008; The 1st at Moderna: and the Ivan Moudov, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2008. He participated in the 52nd Venice Biennial, Italy, 2007, the 1st Moscow Biennial, Russia, 2005, and also in Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2002. Among his recent group exhibitions are: Doppio Gioco – Double Game. The Ambiguity of the Photographic Image, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy, 2012; Rearview Mirror: New Art from Central & Eastern Europe, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2012; Site Inspection - The Museum on the Museum, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, 2011; Beziehungsarbeit - Kunst und Institution, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, 2011. He had been artist in residence: AIR grants from the BINZ 39, Zurich, Switzerland, 2009; KulturKontakt, Vienna, 2008; Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, 2008; and the Recollets, Paris, 2006 among others.
  • Kostis Velonis
  • Stefania Batoeva More Arrow
    (*1981 | BG)
  • Alexandra Galkina More Arrow
    (*1982 | RU)
  • SOSka Group More Arrow
    Mykola Ridnyi [*1985 | UA]
  • Serhiy Popov More Arrow
    [*1978 | UA]
  • Samuil Stoyanov More Arrow
    (*1975 | BG)
  • Sibin Vassilev More Arrow
    (*1974 | BG)
  • Ann Kriventsova More Arrow
    [*1985 | UA]