Vassil Margaritov-Scluptures. Васил Маргаритов

We can hardly free ourselves from the suggestion that these vivid massifs are born straight from the earth, like an ever-bursting nucleus, like ancient old bridges, on the bendable arches of which the entire creative power of nature lies. Each single shape has its clearly differentiated genesis and in its very trend towards transfusion in the other components, it varies with ingenuity and beauty. Quite often, the gathered knotted parts bounce with a malleable elegance or even with a sharp but perfectly balanced tension. The final results of this masterly play are the more or less monumental silhouettes, the refined in themselves intertwines and hitches, as well as a whole store of conquering the space. Thus it halts being just an azure or isolated accent and becomes a complex inner dimension where the sculptor Vassil Margaritov with lots of sense and proportion achieves the balance between the solid substance and the apertures. It is not easy to describe with words such kind of organic substance. In spite of all if we let ourselves /which does not saves us from a certain degree of subjectivism/ put an accent on the endless mutual outflows and the specific closed homogeneity of the final variant we can point out that the principle laying in the basis of the shape making in much of the works is quite close to the idea that the alchemists have about “URBOROS”. The eternal dragon that births itself and eats itself and thus becomes self-sufficient and independent, androgen, initial undivided substance, that contains inside the uni psychophysical world. On a symbolic level this mythological stamp is often described as an endless circulation – a snake that had bitten its tail. The above-described archetype image is amongst the most ancient in the history of culture and religion. Its plastic realization in modern art is quite a difficult problem. In this context the achievement of Vassil Margaritov deserve specific and serious attention. His pieces of sculpture are far from the falsely attractive and illustrative haberdashery that serves the burger taste of the newly enriched class. He follows a path of his own and follows it with befitting responsibility and professionalism that deserves respect. AHMED CHAUSHEV. Vassil Margaritov CV Born in 1965 in the town of Smoliyan. 1984 - graduated the Specialized Art School in Smoliyan for Applied Arts. 1993 – graduates the National Art Academy, majoring in Sculpture. Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists. One-man Exhibitions: 1992 – Plovdiv, Exhibition Hall in the “Balabanovata Kashta” 1993 – Frankfurt, Germany, Titan Gallery 1998 – Sofia, Exhibition hall of the Russian Cultural-Information Center 1999 – Varna, Artea Gallery 1999 – Plovdiv, Janet Gallery Group Exhibitions 1994 – 1996 – regular participation in the exhibitions of the group of the Smoliyan artists 2000 – “15 x 5” – “Personal” 2000 – Annual exhibition of the Plovdiv Artists Society Awards A third price of the annual exhibition of the Plovdiv Artists Society Address: 3 gen. Kurkchiev.STR 4000 Plovdiv Bulgaria Tel 00359 32 433311 Mob 00359 898 72 20 72 e-mail vassil margaritov scluptures.2001 | © web design i-creativ.studio 2004 | © photography yohannes artinian 2001