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(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (detail)
photo by Pavlina Shkenderova
KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE is the first solo exhibition of the Bulgarian artist Magdalena Gincheva, which took place at lo3eto between the 26th of August and the 8th of September 2022, and was curated by Vanya Grozdanova
Magdalena Gincheva completed a bachelor’s and then a master’s program in visual arts at the Academy of Music Dance and Fine Arts – Plovdiv. In artistic practice, developed within the span of around ten years, the artist took part in various group exhibitions: A thing that looks like another thing (2021), curated by Valko Chobanov, presented in the FLUCA program at KvARTal – Sofia; FLORA and FAUNA (2019) – the ninth consecutive exhibition from the Onomatopoeia project, presented at the Gavazov Studio in Plovdiv; ON! Media Arts #pz (2017), curated by Vanya Grozdanova, presented at KDK – Pazardzhik; DARK LIGHTS: félin amour (2014) – curated by eXAF and presented at eXAF’s project space in Plovdiv as part of the NIGHT 11 program, etc.
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The exhibition KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE is a performance of the “allowed” creative explosion. It formulates aesthetical and philosophical stimuli, encountered by the artist while working on the project. The savagery, the ritualism, the heritage of late antiquity, the rural setting, the genetic code, the magic, and the imagination. To a certain extent, the project was inspired by the very place where it was presented and contains site-specific elements, integrating data from the stories of the place in the form of impressions.
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by Pavlina Shkenderova
Here is a brief talk with the artist, following the presentation of the exhibition at lo3eto:
Who is Magdalena Gincheva?
MAGDALENA: There are many poetic definitions flowing through the air for everyone, waiting for some future day with a pretty pattern and dreamy mood. But I don’t wonder every day.
What brought you to art?
MAGDALENA: Maybe they are coincidences and probabilities against some funny determinism. Impressions of thoughts that love inspiration and ideas to collect.
What role does it (art) have in your life?
MAGDALENA: It is like the diamond rain of Uranus to me. Just so amazing. That’s all I need most of the time.
Is there anything irreplaceable that provokes your creative process?
MAGDALENA: What provokes my creative process and I would say is irreplaceable has to do with the ability to be often impressed by specific aesthetic ideas and take great satisfaction in doing so, generating a constant creative level of mind that I really adore. So even before to have started the work process, I am already overflowing with sparkling happiness.
Describe in short to us what was it like for you to work at lo3eto?
MAGDALENA: I always thought that I wanted to make an exhibition in such a place in nature, and I really liked the idea and all the interactions that arose as a result.
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by M.Gincheva
How does your recent solo show – KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE – at lo3eto relate to your previous artistic practice, and what makes it a different story?
MAGDALENA: The current exhibition smoothly follows the layers that appeared in my previous artistic practices. What is most different about the current exhibition is that this time I had the opportunity to work and experiment more in the field of sculpture and of course the lo3eto space itself.
What is it you want to do next?
MAGDALENA: I would like to keep discovering new and exciting things in art, keep making art, and have the time and environment (that I like) to realize future ideas.
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (detail)
photo by Pavlina Shkenderova
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by M.Gincheva
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by M. Gincheva
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by M. Gincheva
(c) Magdalena Gincheva, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH EXISTING AROUND THE GRAPE (installation view)
photo by Pavlina Shkenderova
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