Spartak Dermendjiev invites visitors to his sculpture exhibition "Temple of Venus - or the columns which support the sky" at the Vazrazdane gallery from April 29th to May 12th, 2014. The exhibition features Dermendjiev's sculptural response to the question "What does support the sky?" and commemorates his 60th anniversary. Dermendjiev is a renowned Bulgarian sculptor born in 1954 who has had 19 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions and symposiums.

2. gallery Vazrazdane
invites you to visit sculpture exhibition
“ Temple of Venus - or the columns which support the sky ”
The exhibition, which commemorates the 60th anniversary of
from 29 april to 12 may 2014
www.vazrazdane-gallery.com
Spartak Dermendjiev - Paris

4. “The Temple of Venus "- or the columns which support the sky
The Columns which support the sky or "The Temple of Venus“
Since the dawn of the human existence the following questions remain.
Who and how the world was created? The Earth, the Sun? The stars? What
does support the Earth?
Who and how created the man? The plants? What comes after the death?
Questions about the creation of the world, man and nature, life and death.
Over the centuries, the answers are different, but the questions are the same .
The more remoted in time they are, the answer is closer to the legends and
myths . And they become more exciting and poetic .
But there is one question that the human forgot to ask.
Maybe because everyone knows the answer.
Or because over the centuries the answer is the same? .
Or because there is no answer to this question?
The response is associated with the sense of life, with the hope, the desire for
life.
Question: What does support the sky ?
I am neither competent enough nor sufficiently confident in words to answer
this question!
Therefore I suggest a plastic response to this question.
My plastic composition (or a sculpture installation) is called " The columns
which support the sky or the Temple of Venus" . This is suppose to give my
answer to the question : What does support the sky?
Spartak Dermendjiev 2014

6. Biography:
Born in 1954 in Sofia. In 1981 he graduated the National Art Academy in Sofia. He has made 19​​
solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad.
He has participated in numerous general exhibitions and symposums.
Awards:
2011 Award of the "Vassilevi Brothers" for "The Wall" -painting,
Salon 2011
Icarus Award 2003 for the most successful exhibition
1998 UBA Award for sculpture at the exhibition for drawing and small sculpture
1987 Award for the series "Venus", VII International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Budapest
1985 Award for sculpture for the work “The Smack Down” of the idols, VII National Youth
Exhibition

7. Accompanying the exhibition will be famous sculptures of bulls
and horses to the artist for more retrospective.

14. We expect you
in the exhibition hall of
gallery Vazrazdane
or on our web address
Bulgaria, Plovdiv
Old town, 1 Stoyan Chalakov str.
+359 32/63 53 39
+359 889 822 640
www.vazrazdane-gallery.com