Gergana Tabakova - Souvenir II

Artist: Gergana Tabakova (Bulgarian, contemporary)
Title: Souvenir II
Year: 2024
Medium: Acrylic paint, pigments, cyanotype on canvas

Canvas size: 30 × 30 × 2 cm
Signature: Signed by the artist (signed on the back of the canvas)
Series: Part of the series "Le Panier/ Frioul"

Description and context:

This work belongs to Gergana Tabakova’s series "Le Panier/ Frioul", created during her residency in Marseille in 2025. Exploring the city as a living organism, the work reflects the interconnected relationship between natural and urban systems through the motif of water. References to the sea, shoreline, and the city’s networks of pipes and canals merge into fluid compositions where architectural structures and natural elements coexist as parts of a single body. Using cyanotype, pigments and the processes that occur on the canvas, Tabakova reveals the subtle dialogue between Marseille’s material fabric and the surrounding sea, emphasizing continuity, transformation, and the circulation of life.

Provenance: Directly from the artist’s studio
Documentation: Certificate of Authenticity can be provided upon request
Condition: Excellent condition; no visible imperfections
Shipping: The artwork will be carefully packaged and shipped securely. It will be sent stretched on its wooden frame (unframed), with protective materials to ensure safe delivery.

About the artist:

Gergana Tabakova (b. 1992) is a visual artist based in Sofia, Bulgaria. She holds an MA in Painting and a PhD from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, where she currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Textile - Art and Design. Her academic and artistic practice centers on the intersection between painting and other visual disciplines.

Tabakova’s work delves into the fundamental components of painting, surface, texture, and color, using them as tools to investigate how notions of order, hierarchy, and balance are culturally constructed and reflected in spatial experience. Architectural and spatial references often appear in her compositions as vehicles for exploring the evolving dialogue between humans and their environments.