Stanislav Pamukchiev
40x40x10 cm, rope, straw, wax, clay, ash, paraffin
Memory is a composition of numerous identical objects—small packages, bundles made of veil, gauze, rope, straw, smeared with paraffin and wax, burnt and smoked, covered with ashes and dust. Bundles that cover, hide, push away, and preserve the contents of emotional, mental, and spiritual memory. They are crypts—guardians of the soul's biography, of psychic and primordial archetypal energy. The objects – pieces of tired, transparent, and spiritualized matter – bear witness to repetitive, ritualized gestures, acts provoking tension before the secret, the hidden, the indefinable, the suppressed, the forgotten – an attraction to the indistinguishable shadows of pre-existence and post-existence, which profoundly determine existence.
Stanislav Pamukchiev (born 1953 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a contemporary artist whose work spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation. His practice explores the energetic basis of life, aiming to remind viewers of the imperfection of the world and the need to restore the metaphysical function of art in contemporary culture.
Pamukchiev graduated in Mural Painting from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1979 and has been a professor in the Drawing Department at the same academy since 2000.
His works have been exhibited in over 80 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and internationally, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, the USA, France, and Belgium.
He has received numerous awards, including the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, First Degree (2016), the National Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master Award for Painting (2015), the National Zahari Zograf Painting Award (2004), and the Grand Prize at the International Painting Triennial in Sofia (1996).
His works are part of collections in public and private galleries across Europe and the United States.
Pamukchiev graduated in Mural Painting from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1979 and has been a professor in the Drawing Department at the same academy since 2000.
His works have been exhibited in over 80 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and internationally, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, the USA, France, and Belgium.
He has received numerous awards, including the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, First Degree (2016), the National Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master Award for Painting (2015), the National Zahari Zograf Painting Award (2004), and the Grand Prize at the International Painting Triennial in Sofia (1996).
His works are part of collections in public and private galleries across Europe and the United States.