ПОСТА 037
ПОСТА 037
Всъщност говорим само за любов. Затова нищо не разбираме от нея.
Самостоятелна изложба на Стефан Лоа
27.11-28.02.2026
„Най-накрая разбрах за какво е изложбата“ - каза Стефан. „Изведнъж всичко се навърза, заглавието, различните пластове в колажа. Любовта - продължи Стефан, е прозрачна. Но същевременно с това е сложна, почти като нервна система и съвсем не като желанието, което е в общи линии просто. Любовта пречупва начина, по който светлината пада. Изложбата е витраж, всичко в него се отнася до любовта“.
Значи, любовта беше прозрачна и сложна, а желанието непрозрачно и просто. С нищо не бях съгласна. Чувствах някакво задължение да защитавам желанието, чиито качества, и най-вече качеството задълбоченост, ми се сториха поставени под съмнение. Любовта пък съвсем не ми изглеждаше толкова чиста, камо ли пък прозрачна…
„Любовта и желанието все пак са обвързани“ - каза Стефан, може би усетил моето неудоволетворение. „Според Лакан именно любовта забавя желанието“. Сега и мислите на Лакан за любовта ли трябваше да чета за една нощ, луд ли беше? Да беше разбрал по-рано за какво е изложбатa.
Витражът на Стефан Лоа беше създаден в резултат на неговата лятна художествена резиденция в София тази година. Тогава всички говореха за пантерата в Шумен, после за потенциална втора такава, а защо не и за бебе пантера? Пантерата никога не се намери, а на жувущите в крайна сметка им беше съобщено да се разхождат на своя отговорност в парка, в който тя (+1?) потенциално се подвизаваше. Един ден Стефан ми каза „Знаеш ли? В Дин-ле-Бан имаше същата история, заклевам се. Животното така и не се появи”.
Пътуванията на Стефан Лоа между София и Дин-ле-Бан, Франция, започват през 2007 г., когато София е много, много различна. През 2024 и 2025 г. той прави няколко посещения в столицата ни, където работи в студиото на Викенти Комитски. Пластовете на неговия колаж-витраж съграждат тъканта на неговите впечатления и мисли през тези години, на връзката между София и родния му град. Изложбата затваря кръга на неговия опит тук, започнал преди 18 години през призмата на любовна история - този път, вплитайки града като герой.
POSTA 037
Deep down, we are only talking about love. That is why we do not understand anything about it.
Solo show by Stéphen Loye
November 27–February 28, 2026
"I finally understood what the exhibition was about," said Stéphen. “Suddenly, everything fell into place - the title, the different layers in the collage. Love”, Stéphen continued, “is transparent. At the same time, it is complex, almost like the nervous system, and not at all like desire, which is overall simple. Love refracts the way light falls. The exhibition is a vitrage and everything in it relates to love.”
So, love was transparent and complex, and desire was opaque and simple. I didn't agree at all. I felt some kind of an obligation to defend desire, whose qualities, and especially the quality of depth, seemed to be called into question. Love, on the other hand, did not come across as so pure to me, let alone transparent...
"Love and desire are connected, of course”, Stéphen continued, perhaps sensing my dissatisfaction. “For Lacan, it is love that slows down desire.” Now I had to read Lacan's texts on love in one night? Was Stéphen insane? He should’ve found out earlier what the exhibition was about.
Stéphen Loye's vitrage was created as a result of his summer art residency in Sofia this year. At the time, everyone was talking about the run away panther in Shumen, then about a potential second one, and why not even a baby panther? The feline was never found, and residents were finally told they could go, however, at their own risk, in the park where it (+1?) was potentially roaming. One day Stéphen said to me, "You know what? There was the same story in Digne-les-Bains, I swear. It never showed up."
Stéphen Loye's travels between Sofia and Digne-les-Bains, France, began in 2007, when Sofia was very, very different. In 2024 and 2025, he made several visits to our capital, where he worked in the studio of Vikenti Komitski. The layers of his collage-vitrage weave the fabric of his impressions during those years, of the connection between Sofia and his hometown. The exhibition closes the circle of his experience here, which began 18 years ago through the prism of a love story - this time, introducing the city as a character.
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Deep down, we are only talking about love. That is why we do not understand anything about it.
Solo show by Stéphen Loye
November 27–February 28, 2026
"I finally understood what the exhibition was about," said Stéphen. “Suddenly, everything fell into place - the title, the different layers in the collage. Love”, Stéphen continued, “is transparent. At the same time, it is complex, almost like the nervous system, and not at all like desire, which is overall simple. Love refracts the way light falls. The exhibition is a vitrage and everything in it relates to love.”
So, love was transparent and complex, and desire was opaque and simple. I didn't agree at all. I felt some kind of an obligation to defend desire, whose qualities, and especially the quality of depth, seemed to be called into question. Love, on the other hand, did not come across as so pure to me, let alone transparent...
"Love and desire are connected, of course”, Stéphen continued, perhaps sensing my dissatisfaction. “For Lacan, it is love that slows down desire.” Now I had to read Lacan's texts on love in one night? Was Stéphen insane? He should’ve found out earlier what the exhibition was about.
Stéphen Loye's vitrage was created as a result of his summer art residency in Sofia this year. At the time, everyone was talking about the run away panther in Shumen, then about a potential second one, and why not even a baby panther? The feline was never found, and residents were finally told they could go, however, at their own risk, in the park where it (+1?) was potentially roaming. One day Stéphen said to me, "You know what? There was the same story in Digne-les-Bains, I swear. It never showed up."
Stéphen Loye's travels between Sofia and Digne-les-Bains, France, began in 2007, when Sofia was very, very different. In 2024 and 2025, he made several visits to our capital, where he worked in the studio of Vikenti Komitski. The layers of his collage-vitrage weave the fabric of his impressions during those years, of the connection between Sofia and his hometown. The exhibition closes the circle of his experience here, which began 18 years ago through the prism of a love story - this time, introducing the city as a character.
