August and September, 2008
Expoaire 2008- Huerta de Guadian (Palencia, España)
The Contemporary Antique Gallery presents some of its Contemporary Antique Master Works at EXPOAIRE, a fair which will take place from 29 August to 2 September in Huerta de Guadian in Palencia (Spain).
EXPOAIRE is a significant fair and is among the most attractive cultural activities during the feast of St. Antolin in Palencia. It has taken place for more than twenty years now, it is held in the open air and every year it attracts thousands of people who delight in the pictorial, sculptural and photographic expositions.
In 2008, 54 painters, sculptors and photographers will participate in the fair and thus EXPOAIRE strengthens its position as the best commercial fair of Castilla y León.
Radoslav Dobrev Hristov: BYZANTINE SINAITIC ICONS
19 May to 2 August - 2008
Royal Museum at San Joaquin and Santa Ana Monastery (Valladolid, Spain)
Radoslav’s creative process is oriented towards a revival of the icon. Just like the monks icon-painters from the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai (Egypt) between the tenth and the thirteenth century, the author tries to visualize “the invisible”.
The light in his icons acquires specific symbolism and a particular meaning and tries to overcome the ¨world of apparencies¨ and to penetrate the ¨veracious¨ world.
Technically Radoslav “graphs” the icons entirely on gold sheets, revives the Sinai technique of polishing, unused since the thirteenth century, and incorporates in a personal manner the estofado technique, typical for Spanish medieval imagery.
His works acquire volume and light, which present the observer with a vision, which encompasses past and future within a constant present.
More information in: News from the Press
Various authors: CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE MASTERWORKS
June - 2008
Barca Solar Art Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
In Barca Solar Art Gallery in Madrid DIVUSART, S.A. patrons an exposition of Contemporary Antique Master Works comprising pieces realized by one author and two ateliers (studios) which project their creativity on the basis of the Spanish medieval, Romance or Gothic, art world, or are based on the Colonial Baroque painting from after the conquering of America.
The author José Delgado presented some of his polychromatic panels with the iconography of which was inspired by illuminated Romance or Gothic manuscripts: musicians and scenes from everyday life, characteristic for the epoch.
The Argot Atelier presented pieces from its collection of medieval Gothic musicians, modeled from nonrefactory fire clay (stoneware) and polychromed with glazed and silicate oxides. The works are inspired by the stone ornamentation of the arch-vault of the portico in a medieval Spanish church.
In addition, the exhibition presented some canvas paintings of the Colonial Baroque style, predominantly depictions of the Holy Virgin and angels, realized by the Cuzqueño family atelier (Peru).
The Cuzqueño atelier follows the tendencies
of Baroque and Mannerism, preserving in their works the technique and
the processes characteristic for the artistic movement and the studios
of those times.
More information at: http://www.barcasolar.com/
Various authors and ateliers: CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE
MASTERWORKS
March and April - 2008
Espacio Abierto (Open Space) Gallery (Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain)
In the Open Space (Espacio Abierto) Gallery in Calahorra (La Rioja, Spain) DIVUSART, S.A. presented an exhibition of Contemporary Antique Master Works - pieces realized by two authors and two ateliers (studios) who project their creativity on the basis of the Byzantine Iconographic art, Spanish medieval, Romance or Gothic, art world, or are based on the Colonial Baroque painting from after the conquering of America.
The Sinaitic Icons, realized by Radoslav Dobrev, stand out among all the works as probably the most beautiful contemporary icons in the world.
The author José Delgado presented some of his polychromatic panels with the iconography of which was inspired by illuminated Romance or Gothic manuscripts: musicians and scenes from everyday life, characteristic for the epoch.
The Argot Atelier presented sculpture pieces from its collection of medieval Gothic musicians, modeled from nonrefactory fire clay (stoneware) and polychromed with glazed and silicate oxides. The works are inspired by the stone ornamentation of the arch-vault of the portico in a medieval Spanish church.
The canvas paintings in the Colonial
Baroque style, realized by the Cuzqueño family atelier (Peru) can
be divided into two series: depictions of angels and paintings of the
Holy Virgin. All of these follow the tendencies of Baroque and Mannerism,
preserving in their works the technique and the processes characteristic
for the artistic movement and the studios of the times.
More information at: http://www.espacio-abierto.com/
Radoslav Dobrev Hristov: BYZANTINE SINAITIC ICONOSTASIS
December 2007
International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence (Italy)
At the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence (Italy) DIVUSART, S.A. was the patron of the exposition of a Contemporary Antique Master Work - the “Byzantine Sinaitic Iconostasis” by the Bulgarian iconographer Radoslav Dobrev Hristov.
The Iconostasis presented is comprised by five icons. These represent three techniques which few iconographers throughout the world are masters of.
Radoslav’s creative process is oriented towards a revival of the icon. Just like the monks icon-painters from the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai (Egypt) between the tenth and the thirteenth century, the author tries to visualize “the invisible”.
The light in his icons acquires specific symbolism and a particular meaning and tries to overcome the ¨world of apparencies¨ and to penetrate the ¨veracious¨ world.
Technically Radoslav “graphs” the icons entirely on gold sheets, revives the Sinai technique of polishing, unused since the thirteenth century, and incorporates in a personal manner the estofado technique, typical for Spanish medieval imagery.
His works acquire volume and light, which present the observer with a vision, which encompasses past and future within a constant present.
More information at: http://www.florencebiennale.org/
