Lyube Petrov

Finalist of the category OVER30 of the ART PRIZE CBM                                          Exhibitions opening winners and finalists (3-11 November 2017): at 7.00 pm: Turin centre, Via Giovanni Giolitti n. 37 – Crypt of the Church of Saint Michael Archangel  

                COLLETT  –  Prague \  Munich Some of Lyube Petrov works are subsequently being acquired by premier private art collectors (i.e. COLLETT Prague | Munich) in Collett private art collecton are also : Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Martin Kippenberger, Neo Rauch, Markus Lüpertz, Stephan Balkenhol, Erwin Wurm, Jonathan Meese, Jörg Immendorff, Norbert Bisky, etc.) .

“The Big Blue …dreams die last”

At a time when the news sound like jokes, humour might well be the best response to reality. Subversive, troubling or liberating, it has played an essential role in art since the time of the avant- garde. ‘Laughing in the face…’ stands for an attitude assumed for purposes as diverse as survival, critical commentary and protest. The Biennial was launched…

Lyube Petrov – Ledy Lédy Léda je postava z řecké mytologie. Dcera aitolského krále Thestia, která byla krásná tak, že se do ní zamiloval Zeus, a proměněný v labuť za ní přišel, aby se s ní pomiloval. Později mu z tohoto spojení porodila dvě děti, jednoho z Dioskurů Polydeuka (je po něm pojmenovaná hvězda v souhvězdí Blíženců) a nejkrásnější ženu…

Apocalypsarium Expressive painting representation, clear intensity and energetic paste-like spreads of color or distinctive plasticity are the characteristic features of Lyube Petrov’s painting technique. A wide scale of means of expression foreshadows the semantic diversity of fantastic stories, hidden in grotesque pieces that are filled with sarcasm, comical aesthetics, hyperboles and humor but also deeper thoughts about the relationship between…