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TEKLA ALEKSIEVA
film on occasion of the exhibition
THE GALAXIES OF TEKLA
Drawings for book covers 1979-1989

2 November - 27 December 2019
SARIEV Gallery, Plovdiv

by Vesselina Sarieva and Kalin Serapionov
2019
camera and editing: Kalin Serapionov
the film is produced by SARIEV Gallery www.sariev-gallery.com


SARIEV Gallery, Plovdiv is pleased to present a solo exhibition by artist Tekla Aleksieva. The exhibition presents for the first time to the public the original drawings of the cult book covers created by the artist in the period 1979-1989 in Bulgaria.

The exhibition will feature 36 drawings by Tekla Aleksieva for the covers of the Galactica Library series, 18 drawings from the Eco series and the Bulgaria Library and other books that represent almost all the preserved original covers for her work before 1989. Some of the presented works are in the collection of Veselina Sarieva, while others are provided by Tekla Aleksieva for the purposes of the exhibition.

The exhibition "The Galaxies of Tekla" is a gesture of the gallerists, which, while illuminating a small part of the work of Tekla Aleksieva, has the task to raise the issue of the unique place of the artist in art before 1989, to show the conditionality of the concept of "applied art" and freedom of expression, which it, through its undervalued role by the system, gave the artists in the conditions of a controlled artistic environment before the fall of the Iron Curtain. Using the example of Tekla, the exhibition particularly looks at the place of women artists in this categorization paradigm of that time. The exhibition not only has a retrospective character, but recalls and re-establishes the themes of Tekla Aleksieva's works, relevant to the present – questions about the utopias and dystopias of the past and future, materialism and consumerism of the developed society, the connection nature – man – technology, questions about the transcendental and the imagination in relation to the construct of the political and generally accepted cultural order.
And last but not least, presented in the year when Galactica Library celebrates 40 years since its creation, the exhibition is a gesture to the thousands of fans of the Galactica Library and its creator Milan Asadurov (1949-2019).

The exhibition "The Galaxies of Tekla" at SARIEV Gallery is at the same time the second ever solo exhibition by artist Tekla Aleksieva, who turns 75 on the day of its opening – 2 November 2019.

The text for the exhibition is by art historian Desislava Dimova

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The exhibition of Tekla Aleksieva is part of the Rediscovery program of Sariev Gallery for the search and rediscovery of artists whose work, whether in or outside the context of contemporary art and despite its historical distance, remains relevant today. Such are the exhibitions organized at different stages by Vesselina and Katrin Sarievi, by the artists: Ivanka Sokerova (2008), Albena Mihaylova (2008), Rab (Edge) group (2009), Sasho Stoitsov (2012), Sirma Sarafova-Orahovac (2016). In this line of work of gallerists Vesselina and Katrin Sarievi is also the historical part of the large-scale exhibition "Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes" (2019) with Open Arts Foundation and curator Vera Mlechevska, which gave a broader retrospective look to Bulgarian art from the 70's to the present, presenting over 50 artists.

More about the exhibition here: http://sariev-gallery.com/exhibitions...