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BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI

Artist Statement for Stoyan Becarelli Count Dussi Dear Sirs, I am RUDY CARABELLA. I am an ART-MANAGER of BECARELLI COUNT DUSS, who is one the very talented European painters. The artist... read more Artist Statement for Stoyan Becarelli Count Dussi Dear Sirs, I am RUDY CARABELLA. I am an ART-MANAGER of BECARELLI COUNT DUSS, who is one the very talented European painters. The artist BECARELLI was born on 13th February 1975 in Florence. He took his high degree with EXCELLENT results in specialty Fine ceramic and glass. The artist BECARELLI is a direct descendant and heir of the famous ARTISTIC BECARELLI FAMILY,from Italy, who have preserved so far, the best from what is characteristic of the Italian artistic tradition. Members of the family exclusively concentrated their work on artistic decorations of architectural monuments, emblematic for Florence,Italy, of the period then such as churches, social buildings, monumental sculptures etc. Through his artwork BECARELLI expresses the best qualities of the Italian family artistic tradition and at the same time possesses an exceptional originality, which builds him up as an ingenious artist. His paintings are distinguished for their conceptual depth, delicate structure, and colorful palette. The means of expression that BECARELLI uses are a lot. Originality and aspiration for new art performance are some of his characteristics. BECARELLI believes that his paintings show positive ness and strength which is affirmed by many of his colleagues and critics. I hope that You would appreciate the qualities of the paintings by yourselves. Rudy Carabella ============================================================= PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI: ============================================================= On 01.03.1999 BECARELLI - THE ARTIST established "St.Stefan" Foundation. BECARELLI thought of this idea after having considered the trends and essence of his work, which complete an entire spiritual philosophical and materially constructed art work. The major activity of "St.Stefan" Foundation include the following: Support and assistance of the Bulgarian education, culture, art; to assist and promote the education, training and professional progress as well as personal realization; to promote and support art, to help the spread and popularization of the achievements in the scope of education, culture and social activities; to help the establishing of conditions for education in charity environment, humanism and Christian virtues; to assist the realization of effective partner work in the foundation sphere of work; to help the spotting of young talented people in the above-mentioned scopes as well as to encourage their work and progress. The financing of the charity is carried out by BECARELLI solely through the sale of his works. Whoever wishes to get more detailed information both about the work and the financial provision and expenses of 'St.Stefan' Foundation, may check the numerous available idea projects which BECARELLI aims at gradually bringing to life and realization. Rudy Carabella E-MAIL : artdialogue@37.com ============================================================= Exhibitions for Stoyan Becarelli: EXPOSITION BIOGRAPHY OF BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI- THE ARTIST : ================================ 1.Group Exhibition: 15.03.-15.04.1996 "Art 3" Art Gallery - Valense,France 2.European painters in Grand Palais , Paris - 1997 3.Group Exhibition: 26.08.-27.09.1997 "Artotheque" Art Gallery - Annecy,France 5.12.06.-29.07.1998 "Art dialogue" Art Gallery - Sofia 6."Vallori" Art Gallery - Italia - 1998 7.Group Exhibition: 10.09.-22.10.1999 "Villa du Parc" - Annemasse,France 8.17.11.-06.12.1999 "Burgas" Art Gallery- the city of Burgas; ART PROJECT " THE SEA AS UNIVERSE " 9.Participation in Amsterdam Art fair 1999 10.Participation in Kunstmarkt � Dresden 1999 11.Group Exhibition: 2002 - "Contini Art Gallery" , Italia 12.04.08.-12.09.2000 - " Vitosha " Art Gallery,Sofia; Title: "Spring - Summer" 13.12.12.2000-12.02.2001 - "Vitosha" Art Gallery, the city of Sofia; Title: "Spiritual Messages" 14.10.01.- 31.01.2001 "Draka" Art Gallery,Sofia - ART PROJECT " EXQUISITE WORLD " 15.21.04-31.09.2001 "Art forum" Art Gallery,Sofia - ART PROJECT "ARCADIA" 16.06.05-21.05.2001 - "Boyadzhiev" Art Gallery,Burgas - ART PROJECT " The Endless Way to the Top or the Style of Black " 17.Participation in Kunst RAI � Amsterdam 2001 18."Civille Art Gallery" SWEDEN- ART PROJECT "THE LIFE OF MEETINGS" 19. 15.04- 04.05.2002 � "Trud" Art Gallery,Sofia - ART PROJECT - " VERTICAL FORMS " 20. Trilogy of exhibitions, demonstrating his art work under the slogan "Upwards" - 07.05 - 27.05.2002 � "Seasons" Art Gallery,Sofia - ART PROJECT " The Endless Way to the Top or the Style of Black " - 13.05 - 12.06.2002 � "Monitor" Art Gallery,Sofia - ART PROJECT " NEW EXPERIMENTS " - 20.05 - 17.06.2002 "Draka" Art Gallery - ART PROJECT "ARCADIA " 21. 06.06.- 05.07.2002 - Bulgarian Centre of Culture in the city of Warsaw, Poland 22. 14.06.- 28.06.2002 � "Nesi" Art Gallery,Burgas - ART PROJECT " VERTICAL FORMS " 23. InterArt - France - 2002 24. 05.09 � 10.10.2002 � "Art Gallery of City of Burgas" ART PROJECT " WAR AND PEACE " 25. Participation in International Art fair-Art Vienna 2002 26. Participation in " Art Rhino " - Art fair 2002 27. Participation in Aundree Levy International Art fair 2002 28.A.06.12 - 14.12 2003 - Participation in Biennale Internazionale dell Arte Contemporanea - Fortezza da Basso 29.B.15.04 - 17.05.2003 - ART PROGECT "LIVING IN A BOX" - 79 Art Gallery , Germany 30. 15.12.2003 - 19.03.2004 - "Art Forum" Art Gallery - Sofia - ART PROJECT - " WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST OF " 31. 12.06.2003 - 20.06.2004 - ART PROJECT " ART and HOME - ART TRAINING 3 " - HOTEL OF THE GOVERNMENT IN SUNY BEACH COMPLEX 32. 18.12.2003 - 20.03.2004 - ART PROJECT - " WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST OF " - "Art dialogue" Art Gallery 33. 20.12.2003 - 10.02 2004 - ART PROJECT " ART and HOME - ART TRAINING 1 " - "D'ARK" - Art Gallery- CITY OF BURGAS 34. 21.12.2003 - 10.03.2004 - ART PROJECT " ART and HOME - ART TRAINING 2 " - Art Saloon " Danysta " - Sofia 35. 11.02.2004 - 10.03.2004 - ART PROJECT " The Endless Way to the Top or the Style of Black " - City Art Gallery of Pomorie 36. 14.05.2004 - 10.06.2004 - ART PROJECT " NEW GENERATION " - Rasner Gallery , Sweden 37.21.10.2004 - 19.11.2004 - ART PROJECT "EXPLOSION OF ART" - Art-Domain Gallery Port Andratx Mallorca 38.03.02 - 10.03.2005 - Bochilli Art Gallery,Italy - ART PROJECT " NEW CONCEPTION " 39.NEXT EXHIBITION - GALLERY INTER ART, FINLAND ============================================================ PARTICIPATION IN ART COMMPETIONS: ============================================================ 1.LEXMARK EUROPEAN ART PRIZE - 2002 2.INTERNATIONAL ART CONTEST (IIAC-IIPC) - JAPAN - 2002 3.THE INTERNATIONAL ART CONTEST - ARTDEPT AUSTRIA - 2001 4.HALPERT ART CONTEST - 2003 5.POETRY CONTEST - "THE LOVE IS ALL" - VARNA 2003 6.POETRY CONTEST - "THE GOLDEN CHAIN" - NEWSPAPER "TRUD" - 2003 7.GLOBAL ART PROJECT - 2004 ============================================================ THE ART - AWARDS OF STOYAN BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI - THE ARTIST : ============================================================ 1." Art-Award " for The Project " WAR AND PACE " - " Sofia - Art Forum " 2002 2." Award 2001 for the best artist of the year " - " New Art " Foundation 3." Silver Art Award " from Kara Art - 2004 4." Golden Award " of WIAVAS - WORLD INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE VISUAL ART SOCIETY " World Artdialogue International " - 2004 RADOSTINY DIMITROFF - ART CRITIC AND ART MANAGER ============================================================ Galleries for Stoyan Becarelli Count Dussi: ============================================================ LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION OF BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI : ============================================================ Collections for Stoyan Becarelli: 1. ANA PANAYOTOVA - ART COLLECTION 2. HOTEL " SEA STARS " - ART COLLECTION 3. " SOFIMAX AND ART " LTD. - ART COLLECTION 4. " LOTUS - GROUP " CORP. - ART COLLECTION 5. " CITY GALLERY OF BURGAS " - ART COLLECTION 6. MARIA DONEVA - ART COLECTION 7. " DRAKA " ART GALLERY - ART COLLECTION 8. S.ANAKI - ART COLLECTION 9. NATIONAL ART GALLERY - SOFIA - ART COLLECTION 10.P.DE HUB - ART COLLECTION 11." GLORY "LTD. - ART COLLECTION 12."ART FOCUS " INTERNACIONAL - ART ASSOCIATION - ART COLLECTION 13."BALKAN BANK " - ART COLLECTION 14."FIRST PRIVATE BANK" - ART COLLECTION 15. SILVIO CONTI - ART COLLECTION 16. D-r ATANASOFF - ART COLLECTION 2004 17. YASUYOSHI ICHIHACHI - ART COLLECTION 18. CITY GALLERY OF BURGAS - ART COLLECTION 19. JON NILSEN - ART COLLECTION 20. FABRIZIO ALLTY - ART COLLECTION 21. ULRICH GOETTE HIMMELBLAU - ART COLLECTION 22. ERIC WESTERMAN - ART COLLECTION ....AND MANY OTHERS HIS WORKS ARE POSSESSION OF PRIVATE COLLECTORS FROM ALL OF THE WORLD, BULGARIA, FRANCE, HOLLAND, ITALY, SWEDEN, GERMANY, AUSTRIA,USA AND OTHER. BECARELLI’S ARTISTIC WORLD ================================= Honestly, I have never heard about BECARELLI, till the moment I had the chance to come upon two volumetric photo-albums of his art. The most stunning about them, was their strange sounding and also the expressionism, which seems to be one of the most adequate methods for being in touch with the harsh disasters, characterizing our modern times and the deep state of human mind. His bold red-and-black paintings have a specifically dramatic expression and show the author’s sensuality and vulnerability. In addition, they gave the idea of lyric, so typical for the painters from Burgas. According to BECARELLI, he is a painter from Burgas,although he was born in Sofia. The sea, the artistic atmosphere of Burgas, where he spent his childhood, gave a considerably reflection to his works. As a result of it, the brave author, by the means of his art, holds the idea, looking for some new and unconventional ways in art, giving to him more freedom, but also more self-confidence of the artist, legalizing the aesthetic standards of his time. A few young painters have clear artistic tendency to follow. BECARELLI definitely has got. The idea of his art aims not to create the visible, but to create a world of his own, subordinated to its own rules an visions. According to the painter, contemporary art is too much devoted to studio, and by being set aside from people, has become unrealized. “To make an art is a gift: for all of us, but most of all for love and beauty, and true people’s relationships.”-The painter says. And a matter of fact, understanding BECARELLI’S ART , we can feel this unifying moment, which like a nerve, goes through every painting of his. Titles like “Bridges of Tame”, “Depths and Lays Red”, ”Going into the nature of Sun”, etc, gives his themes a philosophical tang. The coloring, coming from the dark to black tunes, to the “singing” red-going above all, creates a spirit of mysticism. If we look at each one of his paintings and their spontaneous compositions, we will see with few exceptions, where the human figure is slightly hinted, the author has set great store by pure abstraction in images, showing out his thoughts and ruminations. That point of wiev brings the drama and intention in his paintings, which is most of all as a commodity of his intuition, than of his thesis. From that point of wiev only, we are able to realize the depth of his paintings. It is not synonymous at all and could be taken not only like a from of art, but also like a philosophy. Because, according to the painter- “The role of art is to bring us goodness, to ask questions, but absolutely not to bring us negative emotions”. BECARELLI’S ART gives the matter of thinking about the intimacy and contrast with traditions, about the way and searching of the young generation of painters, about finding an area and a re-echo for their art in our modern society. Bright, strong, expressive are the paintings of BECARELLI. They reveal a lightning of feelings, emotions, creative temperament, as well as genuine sincerity, confession of a creator with clearly built up ideological parameters and program; an incredible harmony of youth energy and discipline. BECARELLI is of the young generation of painters for whom the art is not only an aesthetic need. It is first of all a herald of fresh ideas in the society. That is why his paintings hide an original cipher provoking the spectator to spiritual brightness and ideological tolerance. In the town of Burgas where in the studio of the painter his paintings come into the world one after another and he demonstrates high technical exactingness, creative self-confidence and succession in developing his ideas.Without being comprehensive he outlines the theme as an art suggestion only and invites the spectator to accept and develop it, to participate in the creative act by himself. In his newest creation the painter works out the theme “War and Peace” in its visible and hidden side. It is about the unbridled aggression of war and the quiet humbleness and inside peace of man bearing creativeness and harmony. Penka Sedlarska - ART CRITIC and CURATOR of " CITY ART GALLERY " of BURGAS CITY Reviews for Stoyan Becarelli Count Dussi: 1. INSIDE ART INTERNATIONAL - 2003 - http://www.cosmoworlds.com/ 2. "24 Hours" - Newspaper - 1999 , 2000 , 2003 3. "A Sea" - Magazine - 2002 4. "Burgas – Today and Tomorrow" - Newspaper - 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 5. "The Compass" - Newspaper - 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 6. "A Blacksea lighthouse" - Newspaper - 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 7. "Neftohimik" - Newspaper - 1999 9. "Factor" - Newspaper - 2003 , 2004 ============================================================= THE INTERVIEWS : ============================================================= 1. "GLOBE" - TV - 2000 2. "SKAT” - TV - 1999,2000,2002,2004 3. "CANAL - 0" - TV - 1999,2000, 4. "RENT" - TV - 1999,2000 5. "CANAL - 1" - 2000,2003 6. "GLARUS" - RADIO - 2000 7. "MAYA" - RADIO - 2000 8. "A SOUTH BEACH" - RADIO - 2000 9. "VESELINA" - RADIO - 2003 10."RTV" - 2004 11."M-SAT" - TV - 2004 ============================================================= ART NEWS FOR ART PROGECTS OF BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI : ============================================================= BECARELLI’S ART PROJECT “ WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST OF “ On 18.12.2003 to 20.03.2004 in " Artdialogue " Art Gallery in the city of Sofia , BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI inaugurated his serial charity one-man exhibition. It is dedicated to the events of 11 September. There are few undertakings in the area of the modern art, which express to such an extent in such a stubborn and extremely picturesque way the state of the world. I have the great pleasure to present to all art connoisseurs the new art-project " WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST OF " of BECARELLI - the visible and hidden side of this philosophical and social subject. Idea for the uncontrollable, destructive aggression of the war, opposed to the quiet humbleness and peace of person’s mind, bearing creativity and harmony. The exhibition influences as a whole – when it is thought over and undergone. There are moments of high decibels but also of peace and rest, having a lot of messages and questions – to everybody and personally to every one. About the pain, compassion, aggression, war between us and inside us. There are problems of universal and personal nature at the exposition. The questions are difficult – the answers are much more difficult because they are personally engaged. Contrast in the contrast, colour in the colour, form in the form, these are the most general artistic factors, which characterize the new exhibition of The Artist BECARELLI. The internal vision of the author is marked by stable social and philosophical positions with regard to the world, person, mystic matters and gradating spatial borders between them. The pictures of BECARELLI depict the real state of the world, bear an extreme social force and reveal the author as a person having a wide-broad perimeter of thinking. The Artist BECARELLI is one of the few artists who preaches about the social significance of the art.BECARELLI is an Artist for whom the art is not only an aesthetic need but most of all a bearer of the fresh ideas in the society. Therefore his pictures hide an original cipher, which provokes the viewer towards spiritual intelligence and tolerance of principles. BECARELLI’s backgrounds always gradate in the space, which the sketched forms impose to such an extent that a given exhibition composed of necessity by several pictures drawn together, which we hesitate to call “series”, because each one contains all the others and can be distinguished from them and will be regarded as a transition between ephemeral borders, covering one continuous big background. An impression provoked by the specific way of pictures handing and the often unexpected formats, which make the viewer move his regard constantly, put him in an exactly semi-momentary position, in order to percept more spontaneously the attitude of the picture to one bigger entity. Whatever one say, not the series of different pictures’ formats produce this effect, it is contained in each one work but the fact that BECARELLI has always been working on a group of pictures should not be underestimated. Tracks shower the surface of the pictures. And these tracks are of different directions. They namely add dynamic character to the surface. They have nothing to do with the mechanical precision of the comb used by the cubists. In this case one large brush engraves in the paints multiple uneven fin tracks of different nuances. One specific tonality is being created below the regard. Sometimes these tracks are opposed to smooth surfaces, evenly laid colours, deletions, interruptions and hushes – a determined rhythm. By the way the construction of the picture depends on the direction of the tracks, the unevenness of the material. According to the light, which falls and the place from where we are watching the pictures, some light surfaces look dark and on the contrary, but they are always in one and the same order or disorder, typical of each picture. The tension, equilibrium, and dynamic rhythm are present. The picture arises below the regard, even in the moment of the regard itself. The light is one of the basic elements in the work of The Artist BECARELLI. The artist draws without an easel, upright, the picture stands on the flooring itself, in full daylight. Upright in front of the picture this is a peculiar form of struggle with it. To catch the light, typical of the subject, regardless of whether there is a question of head or body, in order to underline it and for this purpose to give priority to the gesture. To add constantly, to scrape, to pile up in layers this resistant material, to emphasizes further on the colours without drawing attention to the time because the work connected with the picture could be renovated in every one moment and this could continue for years. Here the material nature itself of the picture surrounds you. In this way you create one entity saturated with rich power from simple elements. The message of the exhibition and art-project " WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST OF " is:" The art should take its well-deserved place in the society. It not only reflects but also models the destiny ". The pictures of BECARELLI represent an artistic provocation. Let tear away from the stereotypes of our time and take the infinite way of artistic discovery, where the peace and war, love and hatred direct their eternal questions with regard to the new interpretation and if there is something that we could expect from the artist, this is the realization of his great idea of raising the role of art and transforming the picture into an irreplaceable interlocutor for the modern person. R.Carabella : Could one say that the simplicity goes together with certain strictness ? BECARELLI : If in connection with some of these pictures we have connected in meaning simplicity with strictness, we had also talked about richness and sensuality. It depends on the viewer as well. R.Carabella : Does one picture have need compulsorily of regard of the other, to meet with his/her sensuality ? BECARELLI : The picture once exposed in front of the eyes starts its real life of a picture. And it will turn - first for me - into something different from what it has been before. The life of a picture is being determined by the others as well, those who have seen it. BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI is one the few European artists who financed the established by him charity organization " St. Stefan " by the beauty of his works and by the funds obtained by his pictures’ sale. On 1 March 1999 BECARELLI established " St. Stefan Foundation ". BECARELLI have reached to that idea after having though over the objective and nature of work that fulfill one complete spiritual, philosophical and materially established work. Basic business activity of " St. Stefan Foundation " includes the following: - to cooperate and support the education, culture, art; - to cooperate and support the upbringing and education as well as the professional development and personal realization; - to encourage the creative process, to cooperate for the achievements spreading in the area of education, culture and social activity; - to cooperate for the establishments of conditions for education in charity, humanism and to cooperate for active international exchange and effective mutual activity in the area of action of the foundation; - to cooperate for the discovery, encouragement and developments of new talents in the indicated areas. The assessment of critics and public for ART - PROJECT " WAR AND PEACE - THE BEST " - as separate . Rudy Carabella - Art Critic and Curator of “ Artdialogue Gallery “ E-mail : artdialogue@mail.bg ============================================================= MESSAGES,AGRESSIVE AND WARNING ============================================================= "War and Peace" is the name of the new independent exhibition of BECARELLI COUNT DUSSI , a young and undoubtedly talented artist. The exhibition was presented in the City Fine Art Gallery of Burgas. It acts upon entirely ,thought over and lived through. There are moments of loud decibels, but also of silence and calmness, with lots of messages and questions. To all and personally to each one of us. About the pain, about the empathy , about the aggression - the war among us and inside us... Especially about the war inside us - against the spiritual emptiness and indifference. Against the mediocrity, against the reluctance for change .And about the humane - that makes us active. About the peace inside us. The works of BECARELLI are provocative as shape and colour. A pulsing expression reaching to aggression . Even to a crudeness, because the creative expression is almost instantaneous, like erupting. The paints are a lava formatting itself, calmly streaming or layer powerful. It brings a lot of emotionality and power - a modern and free form of expression. And also uncovering of the soul, that assumes and looks for the same in the audience. But it's a dialogue about the true sense of life and the reason for its grayness. At The Exposition there is an interweaving of problems common to all mankind and of personal character. The questions are difficult ,but the answer are more difficult, because they too personally promising. Through the activity of his foundation "St. Stefan" BECARELLI gives an answer to many of these gathered questions. He proves in an irrefutable way his position and human empathy. A lot of people have received his help and compassion and mostly faith in good. Faith in peace! Homes for old people ,orphanages - that is something that deserve to be supported, and for the finding a shelter here - to ask awkward questions. Many are mad for materiality- the questions are to them too. To help, to give a little joy to the downtrodden!... To feel the tears of joy and gratitude in their eyes. Not to lose the faith in good...In God. Under the power of the talent he has, the artist lead himself by the inside pulsations -intention to express himself vividly, boldly. A necessity , that he can't live without it...The colours and the shapes are harsh and primary, but that is his power. Youth, energy and thought - merged in one. That is The Artist BECARELLI , individual explosively , aggressive in his expression, without being a slave to stereotypes. He uncovers his soul, he asks questions, sometimes awkward. And he's waiting for an answer. Not for himself! The titles of his works are the key to the essence of these messages - pictorial erupting. The square of the canvas is in dissonance with the expressive shape and the vivid coloring. Aggression and Peace in the World, inside us - with the pains, passions and victims - all that lives in his works. The message , coming from the title of the exhibition ,it seems to carry the idea itself: to defeat the evil, to have Peace. To be the love - that God gave us for our existence of The Earth. Yordas Petroni "A Sea" - Magazine

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