Nedko Solakov: Fear 999

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Nedko Solakov: Fear 999

99 Fears Collector's Edition

A one-of-a-kind opportunity to own a limited-edition engraving and a unique drawing by Nedko Solakov.

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Price: USD$1,250.00

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PRINT

Engraving on mold-made paper

Sheet size: 203 x 292 mm (8 x 11 1/2 inches)

Box: 345 x 420 mm (14 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches)

Printed in 2002 in an edition of 100 plus 5 artist's proofs

All copies are signed and numbered by Nedko Solakov

ISBN-13: 9780714849515

ABOUT THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION

For this unprecedented Collector’s Edition, Solakov has, on a different page of each specially bound book, added a new drawing and text. Each of these interventions is a unique work in the artist’s own hand, making this edition a singular opportunity to own an original work by the acclaimed artist. Furthermore, each Collector’s Edition includes a signed lithograph made by Solakov specially for this occasion. Titled Fear #999 and enclosed in a handmade portfolio box, the print depicts a postscript - or possibly a preface - to the Fears series: 'to be scared to death of showing your fear'. Fortunately, Solakov was able to overcome this fear and share with the world his deepest anxieties, creating, in the process, one of the signature artworks of our time.

SPECIAL EDITION BOOK

Hardback

204 x 294 mm (8 x 11 1/2 inches)

112 pp

99 colour illustrations

ABOUT THE BOOK

99 Fears is a catalogue of insecurities created by acclaimed contemporary artist Nedko Solakov. By focusing on personal worries – from war, AIDS and plane crashes to writer’s block, infidelity and the size of one’s CV – 99 Fears depicts the general free-floating anxiety of modern life in hilarious detail. In the artist’s inimitable voice, handwritten captions bring the drawings to life with bold strokes of self-deprecating humour. These are the fears of an everyman but also those for an artist who grew up under communism, with all its repressions and privations, only to find a new set of apprehensions waiting for him under capitalism. Nothing, however, can match his dread of the future, with all its shapeless, unspeakable terrors. By plumbing the depths of his anxiety, Solakov emerges with his belief in the human spirit intact and his tongue firmly in check. If 99 Fears teaches us anything, it is to stop worrying and embrace the only thing we need to be afraid of: fear itself.

About the author(s)

Nedko Solakov graduated from the Sofia Academy of Fine Art in 1981 in classical mural painting and has since developed works in a range of mediums, most notably drawing and installation. Widely loved for its sharp wit and offbeat humour, his work has been the subject of major solo exhibitions at venues around the globe, including CCA Kitakyushu, Japan; Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and Kunsthaus Zürich. His work has also been featured in the world's most important international exhibitions, such as the Venice Biennale (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007), the Istanbul Biennial (1993, 1995, 2005) and Documenta (2007).

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