The work emphasizes the most fundamental social medium—the movement of ascending and descending, which inevitably accompanies every exhibition. Here, this movement is transformed into the primary means of expression. The architecture is grounded in functionalism, while the concept seeks to turn it into a social sculpture by shifting the focus toward experience. The permanent circular motion represents humanoid kinetic mechanics.
The restrained intervention aims to avoid imposing rigid boundaries on the space of observation. It invites each viewer to traverse the work in its entirety and to physically sense the presence of an invisible limitation. The effort involved in physical contact and immersion in the process are the main mechanisms through which the work can be deeply understood. Its socialization reaches the core reason for the idea’s existence—the construction of a simplified whole through laconic means within human consciousness, enabled by the phenomenology of hidden factors that remain latently present in every work.
Ivaylo Avramov was born in 1968 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated from the National Academy of Art, Sculpture Department, under Prof. Krum Damyanov (1996). He holds a PhD in Art Studies and Fine Arts (2020). He is the recipient of the National Sculpture Award “Acad. Ivan Lazarov” (2022).
Solo exhibitions:
Possibilities of Empathy, KUB Gallery, Toplocentrala, Sofia (2025);
Retrospective Translation, Boris Georgiev Gallery, Varna (2025);
Connected Balance, Arosita Gallery, Sofia (2024);
Supports. Sculpture in Architecture, Vladimir Dimitrov–The Master Gallery, Kyustendil (2023);
Capacity, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia (2023);
Credo Box: Tilted, Credo Box, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia (2023);
Night Light / Bitter Curses, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA (2019);
Objectness, Krŭg+ Gallery, Sofia (2007).