| PRESS
RELEASE
AUG. 15—SEPT. 7, 2002
TCHOUKI
CROSSING OVER
OPENING
RECEPTION:
THURSDAY | AUG
15TH, 2002 | 6-8PM
Gallery@49 is pleased to announce the opening
of the first solo New York exhibition of young
Bulgarian artist Stoyan Tchoukanov "Tchouki."
"Crossing Over" will feature paintings
and works on paper—oils, watercolors,
and lithographs—expressionistic bridges
between the concrete & the abstract, poetry
& art, the physical & the spiritual.
In this exhibition, Tchouki explores the borders
of national and ethnic boundaries connected
by his abstract expressionistic artwork. Impressed
by the poetry of Barkan, which reaches out beyond
the base of his Jewish background, and the actual
physical bridges of New York City, Tchouki has
created a panoply of color and line which translates
and transmutes across linguistic, graphic, and
cultural barriers, immersing the viewer in a
kaleidoscope of multicultural/multimedia imaginative
interchange.
Tchouki was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1970.
In 1996, he earned his MFA at The National Academy
of Fine Arts in Sofia and since 1993, he has
had twenty-two solo exhibitions and more than
fifty group shows throughout Europe and USA.
He is the recipient of the Grand Prix for Graphics,
Third International Biennial Art of the Miniature,
Gorni Milanovac, Serbia (1994), the Honor Prize
for Achievements in Graphics, Fifth International
Triennial, Chamalier, France (2000), and several
national prizes. Currently he is working in
the fields of painting, printing, murals, and
book design. His latest book designs include
the bilingual (English-Bulgarian) editions of
Stanley Kunitz, Henry Taylor, and Stanley H.
Barkan,’s Naming the Birds.
Stanley Barkan (born in Brooklyn, 1936) has
published ten books of poetry. In 1976 &
1978, he represented the United States at the
"Struga Poetry Evenings" in Macedonia.
In 1978, he was a Fellow of the Stichting/Amsterdam
and was awarded a medal for his contribution
to the arts in Sicily. In 1996, O Jerusalem
(with photographs by Ron Agam) was presented
in celebration of the 3000th anniversary of
Jerusalem at City Hall's Tweed Gallery by Mayor
Rudolph W. Giuliani. To date, his poetry has
been translated into twenty languages. His latest
bilingual editions include: Under the Apple
Tree / Pod jablonia, translated into Polish
by Adam Szyper (Kraków. Poland: Oficyna
Konfraterni Poetów, 1998); Bubbemeises
& Babbaluci, translated into Italian by
Nina & Nat Scammacca (Trapani, Sicily: Coop.
Ed. Antigruppo Siciliano, 2001); and the book
which is on exhibit, Naming the Birds, translated
into Bulgarian by Vladimir Levchev (Sofia, Bulgaria:
Bulgarian-American Cultural Society "Aleko,"
2002). Mr. Barkan will read from his poetry
and sign copies of "Naming the Birds"
during the opening reception.
"Crossing
Over" will be on view at Gallery@49, located
at 322 West 49th Street (between 8th and 9th
Avenues), can be reached by subways E, C to
50th St. or N, R to 49th St. Summer Hours: Tuesday-Friday,
2-8 PM and by appointment. For additional information
or visual material, please call (212) 767-0855.
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