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The
woman as a shadow of man is a stereotype idea, which even
now-a-days has not lost its actuality. The feeling of "secondariness"
is deeply imbedded in a great number of women and in many
cases exactly this feeling predetermines the condescending
attitude on behalf of the other sex. The woman is not only
treated as a shadow, but she herself plays this role. As Virginia
Wolf puts it, anonymity runs in women's blood and women are
still possessed by the will to hide into the background. The
understanding that women's mission is entirely to support
man's ego still casts a shadow on women's attempts at self
realization. The visualization of the individual feelings
about this problem of different women-artists brings to the
surface "in black and white" some symptoms, still
remaining undesignated, at least in our country.
And why "subjects"? As the reverse of
the shadow. And because of the privilege of the subject to
take care of herself and thus to come to know herself. What
Foucault calls "the obligation for self knowledge"
is impossible without studying the dark, the hidden side,
in other words, the shadow.
The exhibition "Subjects and Shadows"
is the serial initiative of "The Eight of March"
Group. It is a group of women-artists, who involve in their
performances followers from the two sexes.
Every member of the group tries to understand her/his personal
problems or the problems of her/his sex, not by shifting them
upon her/his partner, but through investigating the folds
of her/his own essence - bright or dark, visible or invisible
for the others or for her/his own self.
Maria Vassileva |
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| Adelina Popnedeleva
Trifling Compromises, video |
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| Alla Georgieva
Alla's Secret, ink-jet print |
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| Borjana Dragoeva
Am I Happy?, I am Happy, photography |
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| Elena Panajotova
The Tentacles of Emotion, object |
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| Dimitrina Sevova
Three Short Video Portraits, video |
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| Monika Romenska
Hocklein, installation |
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| Silvia Lazarova
A New Page, ink-jet print |
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Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
A Subject in Shadow, object |
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| Tanya Abadjieva
Dance with Me, video |
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| Nadja Genova
A Trial, installation |
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| Daniela Kostova
A Frame, video, 8'45'' |
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| Venzeslav Zankov
The Woman Inside Me, video |
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