Zhivko Sedlarski

It is sometimes said that there exist two kinds of sculptures -the one of mass and the one of movement. This division is certainly simplistic, but by being conformed to it, even provisionally, we are led without hesitation to classify the work of Jivko Sedlarski in the second category. In fact, if the term "kinetic" did not already have a precise and limited sense, it would be tempting to apply it to his work - not because it moves, but because it breathes and expresses the notion of movement.

One must observe the polished metal flags raised by the wind as their shape suggests and seems to be blowing to be convinced of it, or even the "launch devices" that appear aggressive as they seem ready to detach themselves from their base. It's the energy in its purest form that animates all these works, that energizes the material they are made of and that makes the air vibrate around them.

Very often, the sculptures of Jivko Sedlarski are progressions, forms that proliferate, and apparently mock the laws of gravity, which highlights another feature - the contrast between the actual weight and the apparent lightness of the work. In fact, it is the first one that supports the second one, which allows the artist to push its forms beyo...

High school of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
Training course in sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Teacher in sculpture in the secondary school “Poushkin”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Courses of Prof. Palov's anatomy to the Academy of Medicine of Sofia

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
“Peintres américains - Sculpteurs français”, Rochefort en Terre, France
2004 Exposition de Obras de Participantes en el simposio Internacional de Escultura, Córdoba / Espagne
« Si loin » Forest of Brocéliande, Montfort / France Bulgarian Institute of Culture, Paris / France
IV Fair of Contemporary Art, Art VO, Cergy–Pontoise / France
Bulharsky kulturny institut, exhibition - Bratislava / Slovakia
Contemporary Art Fair Sergy Pontoise / France
6ème European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Eragny sur Oise - Cergy-Pontoise / France
Council of Europe - Strasbourg / France
« China-Europe Union and the Emperor Qin’s warriors », Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xian / Chine
Shandong Province Art Museum,
Urumuqi Art Museum, Urumqi / China
Fujian Art Museum, Fuzhou / Chine
Ningbo Art Museum, Ningbo / Chine
Heilongjiang Art Museum, Suzhou / China
Changshu Art Museum, Changshu / China
Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan / China
Yichuan Art Museum, Yichuan / China
"Friends of the Sea", Gallery Petko Zadgorski, Burgas / Bulgaria
"The Fifth Element", Gallery "Sezoni", Sofia / Bulgaria
Tallin Art Hall / Estonia
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