The exhibition presents a fragment of Bulgarian art history in the form of a visual essay. It is an interpretation of the spirit and the broader aesthetic and cultural background of the post-war twentieth century in Bulgaria — a collaborative work by specialists from different professional fields. As Milla Mineva writes in the publication accompanying the project: “Opening a space for utopia and for a collective project at a moment when time itself has renounced collective projects.”

Within the framework of art history and museum practices, the theme narrows its focus from the notion of “formalism” from the recent past to one of the departures from academic form — the processes of geometrisation. The exhibition deliberately places geometry alongside the figurative. This is because, in a totalitarian era, “geometric abstraction,” as understood by the art world, is rather a utopia.

The exhibition features a wide range of works—paintings, graphic art, textiles, posters, architectural drawings, a musical interpretation of the theme in a mix by DJ N:Mode, and architecture and design assignments by college and high school students.

The accompanying bilingual publication, which includes texts and reproductions, provides an in-depth overview of the exhibition and is intended to serve as a guide to the exhibition.

Artists: Georgi Baev, Nikola Daskalov, Petar Dochev, Vladimir Ivanov, Sasho Kamenov, Ivan Kirkov, Ivan Kanchev, Yuliy Minchev, Kiril Petrov, Mariyana Raynova, Sasho Stoitzov, Maria Stolarova, Nikolay Stoyanov, Stanka Tsonkova – Usha, Petar Chuhovski, Asen Ushev, Georgi Yanakiev, Stefka Georgieva, Evlogi Tsvetkov, Vladimir Romenski, Students, Architecture programme, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Students, Design programme, National Academy of Art, Sofia Students, Design programme, National High School of Plastic Arts and Design “Academician Dechko Uzunov”, Kazanlak

Exhibition team: Assoc. Prof. Aneta Vasileva, M.Arch, Ph.D, Dr. Milla Mineva, Daniela Radeva, Teodor Iliev, Prof. Dr. Iliya Gramatikov, Nikolay Sabev (N:Mode)
Design: Andrea Popyordanova, Tihomir Stoyanov