{"product_id":"ivan-dimitrov-via-castiglione","title":"IVAN DIMITROV - BOLOGNA VIA CASTIGLIONE CROSSROADS VIA DEI POETI ","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 br1 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_3 br1-col1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 br1-text et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\n Ivan Dimitrov was born in 1958 in Bulgaria and, while still a teenager, arrived in Bologna where he completed his art studies.\r \nIn the years that followed, as curiosity drove him to travel to art cities in Italy, Europe, and the world, a close bond with Bologna began to emerge, one that would prove to be a constant and inexhaustible source of inspiration over time. It was precisely the Bolognese school of terracotta, along with its characteristic artistic expressions such as the small sculptures of Cleto Tomba, that immediately influenced Dimitrov's creativity. In the 1970s, he exhibited his small and medium-sized terracotta sculptures nationwide, in shows held in Florence, Naples, and Milan (to name the most important). \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_top_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_5 br2 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_5 col-13 col-left et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 photo-hl\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003ca class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Terracotta figure of a cancan dancer - 1980s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-ballerina-anni80.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3230\" title=\"Figure of a dancer, 1980s\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-ballerina-anni80.jpg\" alt=\"Figura in terracotta di ballerina di cancan - Anni 80\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_6 col-23 col-right et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 only-wide et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e 80s, 90s\n and 2000s \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_6 br2-text et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003eIn the 1980s, in Bologna, Dimitrov opened his own studio, open to the public, where he exhibited his works. A decade later, also in Bologna, he began a collaboration, still very much alive, with the \u003cstrong\u003eGalleria Studio Santo Stefano\u003c\/strong\u003e , where Dimitrov's works are permanently exhibited.\n It was during these years that his bond with the Emilian city became even deeper: Dimitrov collaborated with the central Santo Stefano district in the organization of artistic and cultural events dedicated to young people and in 1998, together with Piero Ruggeri and Roberto Dalfiume, he promoted the exhibition\/competition for young cartoonists \u003cstrong\u003eFumetto e Illustrazione\u003c\/strong\u003e , an event which, with its own organizing committee, continued in the following years under the title Arena!.\n In the same period he began a cycle of personal exhibitions characterised by thematic displays: The Nativity, the “Homages to the Great Masters”, the Theatre and the Circus, the view paintings dedicated to Bologna. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 br3\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_7 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e Recent times \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_7 br3 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_8 col-23 col-left et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_8 br3-text et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e The growing interest in these events, witnessed by tens of thousands of visitors, gave Ivan Dimitrov's name national prominence, so much so that in 2011 he was invited to join the historic Francesco Francia Association for the Arts (which boasts among its members the greatest exponents of art in Bologna and the history of art in Italy) and in 2014 he received \u003cstrong\u003ethe prestigious commission from the Municipality of Siena to paint the banner of the Palio dell'Assunta\u003c\/strong\u003e , a task that over the years has been entrusted to artists such as Botero, Fiume, Mitoraj and Guttuso.\n At the same time, in addition to various collaborations, including with museums, he continues his activity related to personal exhibitions and, in collaboration with the Studio Santo Stefano gallery, organizes \u003cstrong\u003eNativity\u003c\/strong\u003e , an exhibition-event that, with more than three hundred terracotta sculptures and thousands of visitors from all over Italy, becomes a key event of the Bolognese Christmas. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_9 col-13 col-right et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_1 photo-hl\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r \n\u003ca class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov holding a terracotta nativity scene\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-nativita.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3231\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov with Nativity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-nativita.jpg\" alt=\"Ivan Dimitrov che regge una natività in terracotta\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_top_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_8 br1 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_10 br1-col1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e The days\n our \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_9 br1 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_11 br1-col1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_10 br1-text et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\n In 2018, the very rich production of terracotta bas-reliefs dedicated to Bologna was collected in an anthological exhibition, entitled \u003cstrong\u003eBologna, a city in the heart\u003c\/strong\u003e , which aroused the interest of numerous visitors well beyond the borders of the Emilian capital, so much so that it was subsequently proposed – expanded and integrated with new works and with the title “Under the sign of the porticoes” – as one of the cultural events that accompanied the candidacy process of the porticoes of Bologna as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2020-21).\r \nWhile his artistic curiosity led him to express himself in new directions such as bronzes, etchings, oil paintings and ceramics, his works are permanently exhibited in churches and museums and at the Galleria Studio Santo Stefano in Bologna. \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_row et_pb_row_10 br4 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_12 col-photo photo-hl et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003ca class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov in the 80s, photographed posing in his studio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-anni80.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3232\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov, 1980s\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-anni80.jpg\" alt=\"Ivan Dimitrov negli anni '80 ripreso in posa nel suo studio\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_13 col-photo photo-hl et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003ca class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov painting in oil on canvas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-dipinti.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3233\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov painter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-dipinti.jpg\" alt=\"Ivan Dimitrov che dipinge a olio su tela\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_14 col-photo photo-hl et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r \n\u003ca class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Ivan Dimitrov next to the poster for the Nativity Exhibition - Event\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-manifesto-nativity.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3234\" title=\"Exhibition - Nativity Event\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivandimitrov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/biografia-dimitrov-manifesto-nativity.jpg\" alt=\"Ivan Dimitrov accanto al manifesto della Mostra - Evento Nativity\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_7 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_11 br1 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_15 br1-col1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e The\n publications \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_12 br1 et_pb_gutters1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_16 br1-col1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\n\n The works of Ivan Dimitrov are collected in a series of valuable collectible monographic volumes, created and printed according to the canons of the best artisan typographic tradition, full of high quality photographs reproduced in colour. \n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CONTI CARLO MARIA","offers":[{"title":"Default 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