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contemporary art and photography

   Pravdoliub Ivanov. Half..., 2006
(donation by the author) 

   Nina Kovacheva. Do you know?, 2006
(donation by the artist, detail)

   Kalin Serapionov. Do You Feel You are Different?, 2006
(donation by the author)  

   Stefan Nikolaev. Balkanton, 2004
(donation by the author)

   Sasho Stoitzov. Waterfall, (detail), 2005
(donation by the author)

   Boryana Rossa. Clone,1997
(donation by the author)

   Luchezar Boyadjiev. Flower-fan, 2004
(donation by the author)

   Kiril Prashkov. Traces, 1997
(donation by the author)

   Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova. Digital still lives, 1999
(donation by the author)

SOME HISTORY

In 2000 Sofia Art Gallery initiated a Contemporary Art Archive to collect materials and documents about the work of the most prominent representatives of our contemporary art. Its main goal is to catalogue information about the most active authors, groups, institutions and galleries which have been representative of this art for the last 15 years. There was an exhibition Export-Import. Contemporary Art from Bulgaria organized in 2002 which showed works of contemporary art specially created for large-scale international events. The discussions held around this exposition underscored the need for a serious professional attitude towards the most recent artistic trends on the part of the museums. At the end of 2003 a programme named Meeting Point was launched giving the opportunity to young artists interested in contemporary art to exhibit their works and to have direct contact and dialogue with their viewers. In 2004 a new fund was established – Contemporary Art and Photography  with more than 80 items already. A great part of the works there come in thanks to the donative intent of their creators. Each donation is publicly displayed under the motto Action: Contemporary Art. The aim is to emphasize how important it is for the works of contemporary art to go into the museum collection and for the viewers to be educated with respect to their better understanding of this art. Donors: Adelina Popnedeleva, Alexander Valchev, Boriana Dragoeva (Rossa), Ivan Moudov and Dessislava Dimova, Kalin Serapionov, Kiril Prashkov, Kosta Tonev, Krassimir Terziev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Milko Pavlov,  Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova, Nedko Solakov, Nina Kovacheva, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Samuil Stoyanov, Sasho Stoitzov, Stefan Nikolaev.

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