- Dienstag, 11. Juli 2023
Notes on Bov, exhibition with the results of my stay at Koren Residency in Bulgaria.
Koren Residency is run by Atanas Levakov with Magdalena Dudova, hosting guests at Villa Bov, beautifully located in the mountains north of Sofia. It´s a privately initiated artists residence curated by Atanas Levakov and made possible through the organization of Visionary Fund, with funding by National Culture Fund and the Singer Zahariev Foundation.
Villa Bov perches above the Iskar Valley, and the view from the studio window stretches over the tracks and the road on either side of the waterway narrowing in a curve following its path, disappearing behind the next mountain. Below the villa, a side valley branches off, with several rows of houses nestled between trees on its slope. It leads to a rock ledge over which a waterfall plunges.
The quarry, which processes the rock into gravel on the opposite side of the valley, is unmistakably prominent, intruding into the idyllic perception.
Johannes Mundinger processes these impressions and translates them into paintings. Like the quarry, he breaks down the impressions of the valley into individual elements, dissects the lines and structures, and rearranges them, blending them with elements from his repertoire. The result is abstracted notes. Notes on Bov.
Staying there in April/May 2023 i spent half of the time hiking and walking through the woods and half of the time working on a series of paintings on glass. On 9 May we opened the exhibition Notes on Bov at Depoo Gallery, Sofia, showing the results.
Thanks a lot for this experience!