Scandal with the exhibition "Kama Sutra" or Sirak Skitnik – Bulgaria

P a photo of Syrac-Siknick was a copy of the cover of the Kuma Sutra, created by the French artist Malica Favre.

This is happening in the Metropolitan Gallery "Structure".

The gallery announced that the exhibition "Modernism and Vanguard, Bulgarian Perspective" presents nearly 100 works by unknown authors of Bulgarian authors who contribute significantly to the history of the art of the interwar period. They have been collected over the past five years by collector Nikolay Nedelchev.

But thinkers and art critics say that much of the sails are not authentic. One of the paintings, for example, that would have been signed by Sirak Skitnik, turns out to be an illustration of an edition of the 2012 Kama Sutra book.

This scandal has also happened in the United Kingdom. The Metro newspaper published an article in which he quotes the artist Favre, that he is "absolutely crazy situation", in which you think it's just not possible. Favre adds that, to his knowledge, copies of the works of two other artists are presented under other names at the same exhibition, BNR.

Surreal situation in Sofia, Bulgaria, where this copy of my sketch Kama Sutra of 2012 appeared as part of an exhibition entitled "Modernism and Avant-garde" attributed to the famous Bulgarian painter Sirak Skitnik 1883-1943. Next level of plagiarism. pic.twitter.com/sCNliOSXU8

– malá favre (@malikafavre) June 15, 2019

The owner of the paintings and the gallery team have announced that they are victims of fraud by unscrupulous sellers, but they will also dismiss the pursuit.

Expert commentary

"I do not have an answer to what exactly happened." I have questions that are not answered at the moment. The first is the origin of these works, from where they come and in such quantity. There is no answer to this question so far. It is unclear how and why specialists in this field have been overwhelmed. "

This is what the artist's critic Prof. comments. Ruzha Marinska "Hello, Bulgaria" from NOVA.

"Presenting 100 paintings and baderting that they are rewriting Bulgarian art in the first half of the twentieth century is really something that blurs the public," said Professor Valery Stefanov, President of the Union of collectors in Bulgaria.

According to him, the failures are multiple.

"When you buy a work of art, it is normal that you have jurisdiction or that you call on competent people." The second failure is that, when preparing for a large exhibition, you must also appeal to experts. should be next on art, "said Stefanov.

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