For the fourth time this year the Essential Reading for Art Writers Award, an initiative of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia, was presented. Former recipients of the award are Boryana Rossa (2007), Daniela Radeva (2008), and the author of the internet blog 'Nothing Personal' (2009).
The 2010 award is presented to the Editorial Team (Petya Alexandrova, Nina Venova, Lyudmila Dimova) of LIK, the monthly publication for literature, art and culture of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency in Sofia.
For 2009 the award is the book “Institutional Critique and After” (papers from the SoCCAS Symposia in 2005; Paperback Edition, JRP/Ringier 2006; Authors: Andrea Fraser, Isabelle Graw, Jens Hoffmann, Renee Green, Hans Haacke, Monica Bonvicini, Mike Kelley, John Searle, The Yes Men and John C. Welchman, Editor) and it is awarded to the author (or authors) of the Internet blog “Nothing Personal”.
The BAZA award winner for 2010 is Anton Terziev.
Anton Terziev, Contemporary Tools of Labor, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2012
Nominated artists:
Jury:
Iara Boubnova, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Rene Beekman, Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova and Daniela Radeva
The BAZA award winner for 2009 is Samuil Stoyanov
On the Top – Exhibition of Samuil Stoyanov and Its Effect on Global Warming, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2010
The BAZA award winner for 2008 is Rada Boukova
Rada Boukova, STILL LIFE... all the rest is by the way, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2009