Nedko Solakov: 99 Fears

by Suzaan Boettger, Nedko Solakov (Artist)

Nedko Solakov's Fears is a series of 99 drawings, each one fleshing out an anxiety extracted from modern life -- whether real or imagined, dark or droll -- minutely hand-drawn and captioned in the artist's signature self-deprecating style. Nedko 99 Fears will include the full series of drawings accompanied by an introduction by critic Suzaan Boettger placing them in the context of the artist’s prior work and connecting them to other representations of fear in art history.

Genres: Art, Design

112 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2008

Reviews

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork is very nice, a good coffee table book if you want your visitors to think you’re edgy

[Ben Haines]

thumbs-up-for-good-luck

[Fred · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having seen, but not been fully able to enjoy, this artwork (99 framed ink and wash on paper drawings) at documenta 12 in kassel last year, I was hoping/wishing/pining for a quality book version. So this is an absolute treat. A great book to keep on your desk while writing, to remind you how many ways there are to look at something.

[Bistra Ivanova · Rating 3 out of 5]

i've been reading it for quite some time now and i keep wondering why nedko solakov is so popular these days
some of the fear pieces are pretty smart but if i hadn't bought the book and if it was an online project for example i wouldn't have bothered reading it at all (but i did)

[Arwen Downs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful, reassuring.

[German Chaparro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beqautiful and quirky, it reads and feels more like a comic book than an art book. There's a super pretentious and overanalizing essay by an art critic at the end, which I promptly skipped.