Curator: Desislava Dimova
April 4 – May 9, 2024 inSwimming Pool, Sofia.
“Every historical representation seems to be determined by ideology. But ideology is elusive. It cannot be declared false, it cannot be called a lie, because no one would support a lie. But neither could ideology be said to represent the truth. So perhaps ideology is a certain contamination of reality with fiction. As Terry Eagleton says: “…it would perhaps be more appropriate to suppose that ideological discourse represents some relationship between empirical claims and what might be called a ‘worldview’, the latter taking precedence over the former… Perhaps the closest analogy is that of a literary work.” I am interested in this fluid boundary between reality and fiction of ideology.”
Alexandra Chaushova
History is a narrative, and narrators are often unreliable. Writers can be artists, secret service employees, recruited citizens – agents. They all write stories and history. In the exhibition “Vigilant Writers”, Alexandra Chaushova mixes works from several of her series, each with its own stories and protagonists, into one generalized image – that of the vigilant but unreliable writer. He is middle-aged, from different eras, at once executioner and victim, and writes history as it is created, or creates it as he writes it, infecting reality with fiction.
Alexandra Chaushova was born in Sofia, lives in Brussels. She graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and teaches painting in La Cambre, Brussels. Alexandra is as much a brilliant painter as she is an accomplished storyteller and writer, searching for her characters in history and archives to then send them into the future. She is represented by Galerie Nossbaum Reading, Brussels and Luxembourg.
THE VIGILANT WRITERS
An exhibition of Aleksandra Chaushova
Curator: Dessislava Dimova
April 4 – May 9, 2024
at Swimming Pool, Sofia
Opening: April 4, Thursday
18:30–20:30
Opening hours of the exhibition:
every Monday and Thursday
16:00–19:00
“Every historical representation seems to be determined by ideology. But ideology is elusive. It cannot be declared false, cannot be called a lie, because no one would support a lie. But it also cannot be said that ideology represents the truth. So perhaps ideology is a certain contamination of reality with fiction. As Terry Eagleton says: “…it might be more appropriate to assume that ideological discourse presents some connection between empirical claims and what can be called a ‘worldview’, with the latter having precedence over the former… Perhaps the closest analogy is with a literary work.” I am interested in this fluid boundary between reality and fiction of ideology.”
Aleksandra Chaushova
History is a narrative, and storytellers are often unreliable. Writers can be creators, agents of secret services, recruited citizens – agents. They all write stories and history. In the exhibition “The Vigilant Writers,” Aleksandra Chaushova blends works from several of her series, each with its own stories and protagonists, into a generalized image – that of the vigilant but unreliable writer. He is middle-aged, from different eras, simultaneously executioner and victim, and writes history as it is created, or creates it as he writes it, infecting reality with fiction.
Aleksandra Chaushova was born in Sofia in 1985 and lives in Brussels. She graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and teaches drawing at La Cambre, Brussels. Aleksandra is as brilliant a draftsman as she is an accomplished storyteller and writer, searching for her heroes in history and archives, only to send them into the future. She is represented by the Nosbaum Reding Gallery, Brussels and Luxembourg.