JAPANESE AND BULGARIAN ARTS MEET IN SOFIA

Society | November 3, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

The National Foreign Art Gallery opened an exhibition of Contemporary Art Prints from Japan and Bulgaria. From November 5 to November 30, the halls of the gallery in Alexander Nevski Square will show the best of the graphic art from both countries. The works of 30 artists from Japan and Bulgaria will be shown, representing the best examples of graphic art created over the past few years. Bulgarian participants include artists who have gained fame over the past 20 or even 30 years, such as Rumen Scorchev, Nikolai Maystorov, Ivan Ninov and Milko Bozhkov. Their Japanese artists include renowned artists such as Tadayoshi Nakabayashi, Seiko Kawachi, Tetsuya Noda, as well as artists from the younger generation such as Rika Saito, Yuka Oshita and Chiaki Shuji. The exhibition is organized by the Lessedra Gallery together with the Japanese Embassy in Bulgaria, the Japan Foundation and the Union of Bulgarian Artists under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture. The exhibition in Sofia is only part of a joint Japanese-Bulgarian project. A travelling exhibition of Bulgarian graphic art will also tour large cities in Japan in 2002. The Contemporary Art Prints from Japan and Bulgaria exhibition is part of the days of Japanese Culture, which will continue until the end of November.

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