Nedko Solakov
The installation by Bulgarian artist, Nedko Solakov (1957, Cherven Bryag, Bulgaria), entitled The Truth (The Earth is Plane, The World is Flat) (1992-2003), was created after the collapse of the Soviet empire and its satellite states. In this bric-a-brac of documents, manuscript declarations and recorded interviews, Solakov, supported by (fictional) characters, who are more or less famous, unmasks the mechanisms of propaganda which succeeded in diverting the most firmly rooted beliefs. His critique, a mark of absurd humour which is his own, aims, nonetheless, not only at ideologies. He is also skeptical of any naïve acceptance of these “truths”.
Thus one discovers in The Truth, the letter from an opponent of the “Club of Friends of a Flat Earth” demanding that every certitude be cast into doubt: “Is it possible that people have become so mixed up as to challenge the obvious? The members of the club are warning us to never see things as absolute and to not be sure of anything.”
Artworks
Nedko Solakov A Quiet Life, 2019 Ensemble de 12 dessins
Sepia, encre noir et blanc, lavis sur papier
19 x 28 cm chacun (sans cadre)
Collection Mudam Luxembourg
Donation 2019 – de l’artiste
© Photo : Nedko Solakov
Nedko Solakov Historical Decision, 1987 Ensemble de 7 dessins
Charbon de bois, graphite et craie rouge sur papier
70 x 100 cm chacun (sans cadre)
Collection Mudam Luxembourg
Acquisition 2019
© Photo : Nedko Solakov
Nedko Solakov The Truth (The Earth is Plane,The World is Flat), 1992–2003 Structure circulaire en bois, peintures, dessins, collages, photographies, cartes, globes terrestres obsolètes, animaux en peluche, vidéo, moniteur, lecteur CD, haut-parleurs, T-shirt, journaux bulgares, textes manuscrits
350 cm x ø 450 cm
Collection Mudam Luxembourg
Vue de l’exposition Le meilleur des mondes (du point de vue de la Collection Mudam), 31.01.2010 – 23.05.2010, Mudam Luxembourg
© Photo : Andrés Lejona | Mudam Luxembourg