Peter Gospodinov

1974 born in Bulgaria, lives in Basel, CH

1993 - 1997 Art Academy Sofia, BG

1999 - 2003 Visual Art School Basel

The spatialisation of bodies and the dissolution of the subject status characterise the art of Peter Gospodinov. The mysteries of nature have fascinated him since childhood. Already as a youth he was preoccupied in his artistic work with the question of reality and its representation, with what really exists and where the boundaries lie when we can rely on our eyes. A post-structural sense of life is artistically reflected: landscapes are contextualized in what appear to be technical fields and lines. Textual structures and surface collages continue the adjoining traces scratched in colour which move towards us in a simple and direct manner, like cave drawings. Painted surfaces accentuate sprayed surfaces, photography and its alienating effect complement what has been painted. The artist manages to assert himself in these diversities without becoming arbitrary. The old and the new are combined and optimized. Each element represents its uniqueness and yet remains in relation to all the others. As in a flock of flying birds, each organism finds its way in the magical movement of the whole. This unity creates a field of force in which each element takes its place.

Exhibitions (Selected)

2022 “Personal Structures”,Palazzo Mora and Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice Biennale IT

2020 Gallery Muri, Bern, CH

2019 Kunst Zürich 19, Zürich-Oerlikon CH /

Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe DE

2018 Museum Birsfelden, Birsfelden, CH /

AM Contemporary, Plovdiv, BG / Kunst Zürich 19, Zürich-Oerlikon CH

2017 Open space Münzgasse, Basel CH /

AM Contemporary, Plovdiv, BG / Kunst Zürich 19, Zürich-Oerlikon CH

2016 AM Contemporary, Plovdiv, BG

2015 Gallery Muri, Bern, CH /

AM Contemporary, Basel, BG