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On December 10 2024, the "Paris" Gallery will present my fourth solo exhibition, titled "Game." Thirty-six ceramic sculptures will be showcased, some of which are uniquely adapted to hang on walls with frames.

This time, the theme is play. As Homo ludens (the Playing Human), we deeply understand the importance of play in our lives. We begin to play from the moment we are born—unconsciously and in a completely natural way. However, play is essential for our physical and mental development. Our entire life is a game—sometimes simple, other times more intricate—but it is through play that we communicate, enjoy ourselves, and feel exhilarated. Through play, we mimic, imitate, pretend, tease, compete, disguise ourselves, become someone else—and we love it. Play is irrational and transports us to another realm, where it unfolds, fostering our imagination, relationships, and emotions.

It is precisely this creative and improvisational process that Isabel Nemechek reveals in her new and specially crafted works for this exhibition. Clowns with playing cards, chessboards, juggling balls, drawers filled with toys, magicians, kites, butterflies, stars—everything carries its playful dimensions. Life is beautiful, curious, surprising, and exciting precisely because of the play within it.

На 10 декември 2024 г. галерия „Париж“ ще представи за четвърти път самостоятелната изложба на вече известната скулпторка Изабел Немечек озаглавена „Игра“. Ще бъдат показани тридесет и шест керамични скулптури, като някои от тях са оригинално пригодени за закачане на стена с рамка.

Този път темата е играта. Ние като едни Homo ludens (Играещ човек) прекрасно разбираме колко е важна играта в нашия живот. Започваме да играем още с раждането си – несъзнателно и по съвсем естествен начин, но играта е от жизненоважно значение за физическото и психическото ни съзряване. Целият ни живот е игра – понякога по-проста, друг път по – виртуозна, но ние общуваме, забавляваме се, екзалтираме се именно от играта. Чрез нея подражаваме, имитираме, преструваме се, закачаме се, състезаваме се, маскираме се, ставаме други и това толкова ни харесва. Играта е ирационална и ни отделя в едно друго пространство, където тя тече, като така развива въображението ни, взаимоотношенията ни, чувствата ни. И именно този толкова творчески и импровизаторски процес Изабел Немечек ни показва в своите нови и специално направени за изложбата творби. Клоуни с карти за игра, шахматни дъски, топки за жонглиране, чекмеджета с играчки, фокусници, хвърчила, пеперуди, звезди, всичко има своите игрови измерения. И животът е красив, любопитен, изненадващ и вълнуващ именно заради играта в него.

Izabell Nemechek's third solo exhibition is entitled "In a Boat" and consists of thirty ceramic sculptures specially created for her.

The theme "In One Boat" reminds us that we all share one home, one land, one air, and the more we are united and together in all trials, the better able we will be to overcome them. We will be more concerned and empathetic towards each other, we will be ready to share and we will save each other through love. The "In a Boat" ceramic itself shows people in a boat holding hands, waiting for something good to happen, and even if it's not good, to welcome it together as one wall. This call for unity is so painfully necessary for us today, when we live in a time of division, when viruses, wars and disasters want to destroy and divide us, when love grows colder and we grow more and more alienated. And it is precisely in this crisis that we must remember that we are all in this boat and if some people are ill, others cannot be well...
All of Isabel's sculptors exude kindness, goodness, an invitation to friendship. So clearly you can feel the story of each character - whether he will have landed on the moon or run after kites, or will be carrying spikes, balloons and flowers, or simply dreamed in the distance as a young man, but the story flows, and the viewer sees and empathizes with it.

Izabell is an author who is extremely consistent in her path as a creator, develops constantly and never stops looking for new and new messages through her art. He shows his works outside of Bulgaria, takes part in many exhibitions in the style of naivety and does not stop creating.

With this exhibition, Paris Gallery wishes all art lovers and connoisseurs a Merry Christmas and let's not forget that we are all in the same boat!

"STORIES OF CLAY" - a project with the financial support of the National Culture Fund

Thanks to the financial support of the program of the National Culture Fund, Bulgaria, from January to the end of July 2022 I will work on a project I called "Stories of Clay". My idea is to make sculptural compositions of 2-3 ceramic figures, which will be a kind of three-dimensional illustrations of different stories.
During the project I will share with you the work process. It will be useful and pleasant for me if you also share your ideas! Follow the news on Instagram and Facebook.

Naive and intuitive art is a living, active phenomenon in the global art culture today. It is also called “art of the holy heart”, “art of instinct”, “untreated”, “modern non-primitivism”, “free of canons”. These definitions emphasize his emotionality and spontaneity. Nowadays, when naivety in life is so rare, the naive and intuitive art of painting occupies a special place. This is due to the unique ability of artists to immerse us into a world of carelessness, naivety and spiritual purity. Despite the fact that artists in this field of art are not numerous, the creations are full of something that is often lacking in most other areas: the good mood. Without being influenced by the traditions of art, these artists rely on their personal experience and create paintings reflecting their memories, desires and dreams. The themes they choose are often related to their childhood, the place where they were born, the environment in which they grew up, the daily routine and festive occasions, but also cover political, historical and social problems, not to mention fantastic utopian worlds. Thus naive artists are distinguished by original and unique stylistic independence.

INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC FAIR CAOLIN, ROMANIA, May 2019

The Tailors' Tower in Cluj hosts, between May 16 and 19, 2019, the Contemporary Ceramics Fair within the 6th edition of the CAOLIN festival, the most complex and lively profile event in the country.

The official opening of the Fair will take place on May 16, at 18:00, at the Tailors' Tower. The winners of the Earth Shine contest (ceramic lighting design competition) will also be announced during the opening. Public access is free.