“Metamorphoses of Fabric” is an exhibition showing the source of fabric art, namely the fibre, as well as the process of moving away from it. The exhibition presents the various trends in modern fabric art based on handling new sources of ideas, materials and forms.

The exhibition is one of the initiatives under a project commemorating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the “Fabric Art” programme at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. The project is also a tribute to Prof. Marin Vurbanov, who initiated the programme, as well as to his contribution to the development of fabric art in Bulgaria and China.

The exhibition will afford the Bulgarian public the opportunity to view for the first time artworks by disciples and followers of Prof. Marin Vurbanov’s from the “Vurbanov” Institute at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Republic of China, namely Prof. Shi Hui, Prof. Zhu Wei, Liang Shaoji, Prof. Shan Zeng, Huang Yan Ying Xinxun. They are all well-established world-famous artists working mainly in the field of soft sculpture and fabric art, skillfully experimenting with various materials and techniques, as well as with the opportunities to make the best use of space, which are deeply rooted in the tradition of Eastern culture and philosophy.

The Bulgarian textile artists, whose works are featured in the exhibition, teach textile art at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia and are known to the Bulgarian public: Prof. Anna Boyadjieva, Assadour Markarov, Assoc. Prof. Verjinia Todorova – Markarova, Ph. D., Adelina Popnedeleva, Ph. D., Tsveta Yavasheva – Ivanova.

Exhibition curators: Asadour Markarov, Verzhinia Todorova – Markarova, Shu Houey

Exhibition co-organizers: the National Academy of Arts, Sofia and the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Republic of China.