OpZicht: Kosta Tonev

'Impersonate'

7 September - 14 October 2013
Location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Open: Monday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon-5 pm


OpZicht is a presentation space in the lobby of Stroom Den Haag for newly registered artists from The Hague. The wall unit functions as a stand or platform where the artist can share his or her work, passion or interest with the audience. Each presentation runs for approximately 6 weeks.
Archive OpZicht presentations 2013-present

Impersonate is a presentation of a site-specific project by Kosta Tonev. Over a period of several weeks the artist has gathered an extensive database containing the names of everyone residing within a 100m radius from Stroom Den Haag. Either by a deliberate intervention or by accident, one of the names is omitted from the list. The rest of them are placed in the entrance space of Stroom Den Haag, and made accessible to the visitors.

Kosta Tonev (*1980 Bulgaria) received a BA at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. Since his subsequent enrollment at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where he obtained an MFA he has being developing an interdisciplinary practice with a conceptual approach. Tonev's recent solo exhibitions include The Heavenly Bodies, Once Thrown Into a Certain Definite Motion, Always Repeat at GEMAK in The Hague. Amongst others, he has also participated in the 5th Biennial of Young Artists in Bucharest, Romenia; Contemporary Icons at Webster University in St. Louis, USA; Me & I. Self-portraits from the Collection in thet Museum der Moderne Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria; Why Duchamp? in the Museum for Contemporary Art in Sofia, Bulgaria; ArteCittà in the Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy; Central Europe Revisited III in Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. In 2013 he curated the exhibition It's About Time at the e-flux Time/Bank in The Hague.

www.kostatonev.com

Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate', 2013
photo: Kosta Tonev
Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate', 2013
photo: Gerrit Schreurs, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate', 2013
photo: Kosta Tonev
Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate', 2013
photo: Kosta Tonev
Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate', 2013
photo: Kosta Tonev
Kosta Tonev, 'Impersonate'
photo: courtesy the artist
Kosta Tonev, poster 'Impersonate'
photo: courtesy the artist