Recent Reviews: “NO RE-ENTRY”

DENISE BIBRO FINE ART, NYC is pleased to share the recent reviews of Iliyan Ivanov’s solo virtual exhibition “NO RE-ENTRY”

November 1, 2024 – January 3, 2025

NO RE-ENTRY III. 2, 2024, Acrylic on Paper

“Like remnants of a dream, the works don’t tell a full story, but create a feeling palette that invites the viewer to explore what is being stirred internally. I find the art work meditative, and the titles of the three cycles very poetic.”

Milena Kazakov, psychoanalyst and art collector

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“Iliyan’s recent show, NO RE-ENTRY, exposes the viewer to stark and spare images splayed on the canvas like wounds on a body. The slashes of paint suggest not only trauma, but the possibility of healing from that trauma. In time-honored fashion, he uses art to both illuminate pain and suggest a way through pain with confrontation and understanding. He has an original vision pertinent to today’s fractured world.”

Joel Harrison, Award nominated/winning composer, published author and art collector

NO RE-ENTRY III. 3, 2024, Acrylic on Paper

“Iliyan Ivanov, a gifted artist and fellow psychiatrist, presents an evocative collection that bridges the emotional depth of art and the introspective nature of the human experience. His work challenges viewers to confront inner truths and navigate the complexities of personal growth. With a masterful use of color and form, Ivanov’s exhibit invites audiences to engage with the nuanced interplay between emotion, identity, and transformation.”

Johnny Lops, psychiatrist, actor, Oscar nominated film producer and published author

NO RE-ENTRY I.1, 2024, Acrylic on Paper

“Iliyan’s paintings are strikingly modern, showcasing a captivating interplay of bold colors and dynamic compositions. As an art collector, I’m particularly drawn to his expressive brushstrokes and the masterful use of texture that defines his work. Each piece radiates a unique energy, and his artistry brings a unique energy to any space.”

Ron Jackson, Grammy nominated jazz musician and art collector

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“Iliyan Ivanov’s latest series, NO RE-ENTRY, masterfully embodies the convergence of art and the human condition, offering a profound exploration of loss, inevitability, and transformation. As a fashion design professor, I am struck by how his layered techniques and textures mirror the creative process itself as an interplay of construction and deconstruction, defining shapes and allowing them to dissolve.

Ivanov’s work speaks to the emotional elasticity of the human spirit, much like the flexibility of fabric that bends, stretches, and reforms to shape new identities. His juxtaposition of muted tones with bold, scraped accents evokes the tension between fragility and resilience, reminding us that each decision, each stitch in life carries unforeseen consequences.

What makes this collection particularly compelling is its rhythmic, almost kinetic quality. The fluid brushstrokes and disrupted lines invite us into a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally relatable. Ivanov challenges us to embrace the concept of NO RE-ENTRY not as an endpoint but as a perpetual cycle of reflection and growth, an idea central to the very act of  creation. His artistry is not only visually arresting but also intellectually enriching—a rare gift in contemporary art.”

Aneta Genova, Fashion Professor at Parsons School of Design, Book Author, Designer and Friend

NO RE-ENTRY II. 1, 2024, Acrylic on Paper

“Elemental and stark, ILIYAN IVANOV’s new series NO RE-ENTRY conjures bold brush strokes and layers of texture and color to deliver a powerful artistic experience that is simultaneously psychological and emotional. These paintings have an energetic urgency that evokes a modern day Rohrsach test that challenges the viewer to meditate on final things.”

Bill McGarvy, Best-selling author, musician, award winning film maker and animator

NO RE-ENTRY I. 3, 2024,  Acrylic on Paper

“The bulbous, diffuse masses in this series evoke no recognition, for recognition is of the past, and these works are about evolution into the new. The somber, subdued, always perfectly blended colors and varying textures (slow gradations in tone, blotting, cribbing, internal streaks, background within the foreground) draw the eye not to the boundary, but to the interior inducing psychological reflection. Above all, one feels motion, thus time and inevitability, not just remembered brushstrokes, but active arching flows, vacillations, a dramatic swirling vortex, always nearly engulfing the softly hued white space. Time marches on, evolution is ceaseless, invading every available dimension, constantly generating new forms, callously indifferent yet innately playful. There is an Arrow of Time, you always move forward, but you have NO RE-ENTRY.”

Joseph O’Neill, Professor of Child Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience

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