The 8th of March Group

In 2006 the Bulgrian-based collective, The 8th of March Group, put together a show titled "Reflections Multiplied," curated by Maria Vassileva. The exhibition focused on two generations of women artists, and looked at how they considered art as a political and public tool for expression and social change. Here, in this new online presentation, four Bulgarian artists from different generations share works that reflect on how womanhood and femininity are perceived today.

 

In response to the original exhibition theme, the works in this show investigate womanhood through a mirror approach -- a cultural look at how we see and respond to women. The online show emerges from the shifts and changes that occurred in the past fifteen years, since the inception of the 2006 exhibition, and investigates what has transformed in our understanding, our terminology, and our acceptance of femininity. It shares an inner and very personal discourse as well as a continuous dialogue with society’s ambivalent approach towards women.

 

Two artists from the original show, Adelina Popnedeleva and Alla Georgieva, participate here with a new, solid viewpoint of their existence and work. Joining them are Daniela Kostova and Boryana Rossa, who represent a younger generation of women artists in Bulgaria, and reflect on their own complex role in the art world and in the world at-large.

 

An exclusive interview/conversation with the artists and Maria Vassileva is available here.