The exhibition “Design versus Contemporary Art” comes after two previous unsuccessful attempts – as if it had been waiting for its exact moment, a time when it could finally be told. That moment arrives three years after the last joint exhibition by the artistic duo YO\KO+INA, now marked by the absence of Yonko. In this sense, the project is not only an exploration of the boundaries between design and contemporary art, but also an act of dedication – to partnership, to a shared search, to the unfinished dialogue between two like-minded creators.
“Under the title Design versus Contemporary Art, the two artists are not seeking conflict, but rather examining the fragile balance between the pragmatic and the conceptual, between aesthetic utility and aesthetic autonomy. The project uses the strategies of contemporary art to comment on the functionality of design – and vice versa: it employs the formal language of design to pose questions typical of contemporary art.”
Desislava Zafirova, curator
