Pravdoliub Ivanov
Pravdoliub Ivanov was born in 1963 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Graduate of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia (1993), he is a member (since 1995) of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia, where he lives and works. He has been artist-in-residence at institutions in Switzerland, United States, France and Great Britain. In his work Ivanov uses ordinary objects, familiar from everyday activities and ‘existential’ situations, showing them in possible but illogical arrangements and thus situating them at the fringes of reality. He often exploits the absurdity of clichés that automatically associate various objects with certain conditions or forms of behaviour. His works are held in many private and public collections such as Erste Bank in Vienna, Europe Investment Bank in Luxembourg, the Koc Collection in Istanbul, the National Art Gallery in Sofia, or the Rene Block collection.
Web: www.pravdo.com
Exhibitions in the gallery: Half-truth, Just Another Boring Day, Neglectable Incidents at the Level of the Eyes

Black Balloons, 2013, HD video, sound, 1'10''

There Is Certain Comfort In Abstraction, 2014, metal rail, 20 x 237 x 50 cm

The Life of Others Is Somehow Easier, 2005-2014, original doghouse hanged on the wall , 90 x 125 x 99 cm

Childhood, 2013, object, 177 x 56 x 8 cm

Unnamed Light Boxes, 2014, two lightboes, 141,5 x 85 x 11,7 cm; 40 x 28 x 11,5 cm

Just Another Boring Day, 2014, puzzles, 47 x 67 cm

Hand print, 2001, two colour photographs, lambda print, 50 x 75 cm each

From the series Non Works, 2007-, photograph, lambda print, 40 x 60 cm

Zig-Zag Palm Tree, 2014, drawing, pencil and ink on paper, 27 x 25 cm

Childhood, 2013, drawing, pencil and watercolour on paper, 38 x 45 cm

From the series Non Works, 2007- , photograph, lambda print, 26 x 35 cm

From the series Existing Subjects, 2007, drawing, pencil and tempera on paper, 35 x 26 cm

Domestic Patterns, 2011, photograph: lambda print on paper, mounted on dibond, 2 × 120 × 90 cm, Ed. 2/5

There Are No Perfect Games, 2008, installation of modified found objects, dimensions variable

Just Because, 2011, mi×ed media: acrylic and lacquer on cardboard, 100 × 70 cm

Feel free to suffer, Drawing on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 62,5 × 42,5 cm

Everybody Suffers, Drawing, pencil on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 54,5 × 69 cm

Endless Suffering, Drawing, pencil on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 54,5 × 69cm

One Hour, photo installation, 60 B&W photographs, archival ink print, size of each print 20 × 20 cm, wooden frame, glass, Ed. 2/3

60 minutes, B&W photography, 60 exposures on one single film square, archival ink print, 60 × 80 cm, Ed. 2/5

24 houres, B&W photography, 24 shots on one single film square, archival ink print, 60 × 80 cm, Ed. 2/5

Existing Object-XI, 2003, rug, slippers, 450 × 67 cm