Novinite is publishing a report by Anna Bashuk, a third-year Journalism student at the American University in Bulgaria, about an exhibition that is currently on display in the city of Blagoevgrad (where the university is based).

An art exhibition named I Respect the World of Others, previously known as Angelina and Friends, has come to the Municipal Art Gallery in Blagoevgrad. It has been around since 2004 and biannually visited European galleries. The exhibition consists of 62 pieces of artwork produced by 26 artists from Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia, and it will be open to public from Mar. 27 to Apr. 12. The schedule, however, is flexible, and the director himself is not sure about the end date of the exhibition yet. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Blagoevgrad is a town in Southwestern Bulgaria with a population of around 70,000 people. According to Ivan Milushev, the director of the gallery, local community is not art-oriented. The average amount of visitors to the gallery per month is around 500-700 people, including those attending official openings of the exhibitions and students and schoolchildren invited by the director. As a rule, a single exhibition stays in place for 20 days but if visitors show increasing interest, the period can be extended to a month. The comments and opinions of other professional artists also influence the length of the display.

The artworks comprising the current exhibition are diverse. From Angelina Stancheva’s textile artworks to Serbian artist Jovana Mitich’s sketch-looking miniatures, from large Doncho Zahariev’s Sea Impressions to Sasho Evtimov’s still lifes, and from mythological scenes by South-West University professor Evgeni Kuzmanov to Angel Angelov’s woodcarving works.

Stancheva herself selected the paintings to be in the exhibit. When asked whether she likes all the paintings shown, she said, “If I don’t like the work, I don’t show it.” Her part of the exhibit are three abstract textile artworks named “Textile Collage” I, II and III. The artist said she does not like giving names to her work because she believes that each viewer has his or her own ideas and perceptions of art. She receives inspiration from Bulgarian traditions and folk culture.

Art is subjective, but every work is a result of talent, inspiration and hard work of the artist. In the end, the beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
 

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