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Nedko Solakov: 99 Fears

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ISBN: 0714848883
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780714848884
Author(s): Nedko Solakov, Suzaan Boettger
Format: Hardcover
Year: 2008
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Dimensions: 298mm x 19mm x 210mm
Pages: 112
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Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov (b. 1957) understands fear. While living for three decades under a dictatorship he was no stranger to the secret police. In his art, however, he has maintained a level of humour and sincerity that's as remarkable as it is touching.First exhibited last summer at Documenta 12, "Fears" consists of 99 drawings on paper, each 19 x 28 cm, and each bearing a handwritten caption. Together they represent a catalogue of worries, apprehensions and phobias that veer from the hilarious to the arresting. Some are personal (no. 27 shows an abstract shape bearing the word 'AIDS', with a caption that reads, 'One of my biggest fears (sometimes the biggest), and I am not really screwing around.'). Others resemble timeless fables (no. 2: 'A mightly devil is listening to the problems of a little sinner. It seems that the devil will help the little sinner solve his problems. However, he wants something in return - one the sinner's daily fears. The devil is curious what the feeling of having a fear is like. ').Others are snapshots of existential despair (no. 78 shows a figure pausing at the edge of a cliff: 'A desperate man wants to commit suicide by jumping from a cliff.
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