COLOURFUL CONTEMPLATIONS
ART CENTRE PLEVEN 27th July - 13th August 2022

Colourful Contemplations is an exhibition of paintings created in the period 1999 - 2006 while Alexander Kaprichev worked in England at the Independent Studios in Leicester. They are shown to the art lovers of Pleven for the first time and hopefully will convey the artists idea of contemplation in colour. 

..."Alexander transmits a spectrum of conflicting and reflective emotions in his diverse works of art.The viewer can admire a profound delicacy reinforced and enriched by a profusion of meanings that, in fact, offer a complex multiplicity perceivable in the texture of Alexander's artistic touch. Despite the abstraction of the pictorial descriptions, the viewer is always capable of identifying different perspectives and distinct but interconnected interpretative planes.

Analysing the intriguing foregrounds, punctuated by dancing geometries and mysterious sinuous forms, our senses are captured by an orchestra of sensory stimuli as each soft-hue transforms into a concert of sweet sonatas.

The immersive fields of colours in many of his paintings often remind us of the Abstract Expressionist movement, in that Kaprichev's  skilful touch inspires a similar effect of completeness and harmony. Resolute blocks of correlative colours that possess their own life force, capturing the viewer in a maze of contrasting emotions. 

Each shade contains a "breath of life" through which the viewer relives the densely structured composition.
.. Kaprichev's art has no boundaries in experimentations, styles and spirits, ranging from symbolic oils and vibrant acrylics to meditative watercolours and dynamic drawings. The incredible legacy of this gifted painter will be cherished for years to come."

Elena Foschi, Art Historian