Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2023 All Rights Reserved

“The cars we drove into capitalism” – visual stories about a socialist-era phenomenon

4
Photo: FB/NationalGalleryBulgaria

The Georgi Bogdanov-Boris Missirkov tandem – emblematic names in Bulgarian contemporary art – are once again challenging the Bulgarian public. In their exhibition “The cars we drove into capitalism” they explore the phenomenon of socialist-era cars in Europe and their present owners. The exhibition at the National Gallery in Sofia, along with a documentary, also called “The cars we drove into capitalism”, will be on until the end of November.

The socialist-era cars as a phenomenon of the past and present is shown in five thematic sections that feature holograms, small-scale models, installations made of Instagram photographs, as well as portraits of the proud latter-day owners of such vehicles. 

Photos: Facebook/NationalGalleryBulgaria


Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

Gallery

More from category

Painter Villy Nikolov and his sunny world

Villy Nikolov’s colourful paintings carry the sun of Spain, the smiles of childhood and so many stories anyone can discover and interpret, each in their own way. He says he has been drawing for as long as he can remember. “I made my first wall..

published on 3/29/23 9:35 AM

Winners of prestigious "Icarus" awards have been announced

The "Icarus" national awards were presented on the World Theater Day in the "Ivan Vazov" National Theater in Sofia. The play "Orpheus" of the National Theater, by Slovenian director Jernej Lorenzi, grabbed three awards - for the best..

published on 3/28/23 8:50 AM
Director Carlos Eichelman Kaiser with the festival's Grand Prize

The film “Red Shoes” wins the Grand Prize at Sofia Film Fest

The film “Red Shoes” (Mexico-Italy) won the grand prize “Sofia-City of Cinema” at the 27 th edition of Sofia International Film Festival, “Art Fest” announced. “Red Shoes” is directed by Carlos Eichelman Kaiser. The jury consisted of Milcho..

published on 3/27/23 8:56 AM