“Fish, birds, butterflies and fish again” – the new exhibition of Nadezhda Oleg Lyakhova

From November 14 to 18, the latest exhibition of Nadezhda Oleg Lyakhova will be shown in the “Struktura” gallery.

The video installation consists of 6 projections created in the period 2019-2023: “Love Story”, “Pisces”, “Birds”, “Butterflies”, “Pisces”, “Bear”.

The video installation consists of 6 projections created in the period 2019-2023: “Love Story”, “Pisces”, “Birds”, “Butterflies”, “Pisces”, “Bear” (Source: Structure Gallery)

In continuation of her searches in recent years, the author mixes documents, historical facts and concrete images with fairy tales, pictorial impressions and visual metaphors.

In the central video, a fictional story unfolds, but it could also be true. The characters will hardly be the same, but their destinies are recognizable. Nadezhda Oleg Lyakhova does not hesitate to delve into history, as well as to look at the present through its prism and lessons. Obviously, for her there is no border between past and present. And no matter how much we try to turn our backs on one or the other, both unwaveringly catch up to us.

The central video, in which, in addition to the vision, the viewer is guided by the author’s voice, is surrounded by 4 projections. They correspond to the four seasons, which remind us of the cyclical nature of life and the inexorable passage of time.

The video installation consists of 6 projections created in the period 2019-2023: “Love Story”, “Pisces”, “Birds”, “Butterflies”, “Pisces”, “Bear” (Source: Structure Gallery)

The last almost static video frame, in which a ray of sunlight slowly passes through the archival photo – a momentary revival or a ray of long-lasting hope – can be considered a symbolic ending.

The opening of the exhibition will be on November 14 /Tuesday/ from 18:00 to 20:00.

Nadezhda Oleg Lyakhova was born in 1960. She is the author of videos, installations, actions, objects. Uses paper, tin, nails, spoons, soap, sand, ice, ice cream, cotton candy, camera and camera. Among her more important solo exhibitions are: “On the kitchen table”, Little Bird Place, Sofia (2020); “How are you?”, Structure Gallery, Sofia (2019); “Ctrl Z”, Arosita Gallery, Sofia (2016); “Frames”, Sofia City Art Gallery (2013); “eco stories”, Warehouse, Sofia (2011); “The global and long-term situation is positive”, Sofia City Art Gallery (2009); “Moderate Optimism”, No. 9 6th September Street, Sofia (2008); “Lions of Sofia”, Artists” Association fabs, Warsaw (2006) and Goethe-Institut, Sofia (2005); “Vanitas”, Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (2004). In 2009 he won the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award.