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

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