MARTIAN TABAKOV (1992)

Herbarium Collection - Artists - Martian Tabakov

Martian Tabakov ( b. 1992, Sofia, Bulgaria ) is a visual artist working mainly in the fields of sculpture, sculptural installation and drawing.
The human figure is major theme in his art. He engages it as a universal form consisting of many organic forms and develops it to a point where it loses most of its anthropomorphic characteristics. Another perspective in his artwork is the inseparable character of the living body and the environment in which it exists. He is looking for the hypothetical shape of the personal psychological space of the individual. Sound also has a big part in his practice mainly in his sound producing sculptures and specifically developed acoustical spaces.
Martian is also participating in theatrical and musical projects.
Graduates the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria Sculpture departament – 2015 and Form and Movement 2017. Specializes Sculpture in the Royal Academy of Art in Antwerpen, Belgium 2013. In 2017 wins the price of the National Academy of Arts - an artistic residency in Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. In 2015 wins participation in a group exhibition in Dom Wittgenstein, Viennaq Austria. Nominated for the Ikar awards for the music and live performance in the theatrical play Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen – 2016. Participated in multiple group and solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad.

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The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice. The artists, invited by the curator of "Herbarium" could choose two new participants - so the project traces the exchange of creative energy in the artworld. The development of the collection has no time limits, it grows exponentially with each new participant until the final exhibition is announced. The H Talks series (video portraits of the artists) are shot during the preparation of each presentation of the Herbarium collection in the artists work environment and studios. All the information, gathered in the process of developing the collection, will be available to all researchers, curators, gallery owners, students or art lovers who are interested in the less visible mechanisms through which contemporary culture functions.

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MARTIAN TABAKOV (1992)

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