CONTEMPORARY VERSUS DESIGN
The exhibition Design vs. Contemporary Art comes after two postponed attempts — as if it had been waiting for the right moment, a time when it could finally be told. That moment arrives three years after the previous joint exhibition of the artistic duo YO\KO+INA, now marked by the absence of Yonko. In this sense, the project is not only an exploration of the boundaries between design and contemporary art, but also an act of dedication — to partnership, to shared searching, to an unfinished dialogue between two kindred spirits.
Under the title Design vs. Contemporary Art, the two authors do not seek conflict, but rather delve into the fragile balance between the pragmatic and the conceptual, between aesthetic function and aesthetic autonomy. The project employs the strategies of contemporary art to comment on the functionality of design — and, conversely, uses the formal language of design to pose questions typical of contemporary art.
CONTEMPORARY VERSUS DESIGN
by YO\KO+INA at the DOZA GALLERY, SOFIA, BULGARIA
'YES', Doza Gallery, Doza Gallery, 2022
In the 'YES' project YO\KO+INA are together again as an artistic pair, but this time the conceptual tendency of the show is completely subject to the mere worldly aspect of their relationship and actions in life, that is, their contraction of marriage and the vows they make uttering the cherished word “yes!”.
'YES', Doza Gallery, Doza Gallery, 2022
'OBJECTS AND OBJECTIVE PAINTING', Credo Bonum Gallery, 2021
Four years after Yonko’s Room exhibition Credo Bonum Gallery presents again Yonko Vasilev, this time in a complex co-authorship with the artist Ina Vasileva in the project 'Objects and objective painting'. The duo has been together in art and life since 2018 setting up their own trademark and their own conceptual platform named YO\KO+INA.
'Objects and Objective Painting', Credo Bonum Gallery, 2021