Biography
Aaron Roth is born in Los Angles (1998). He currently works between Sofia and Plovdiv. In 2021 he received his Bachelors in Fine Arts (painting) at "Slade school of Fine Art", London with a thesis on the visual culture of pop-folk. In 2022 together with Boyana Djikova and Vikenti Komitski he started "Punta" gallery in Sofia. Since 2021 he and Boyana have been working together organizing exhibitions, the first being his first solo show in an abandoned supermarket near to Stochna Gara in Sofia “biznes (end) management” and later collaborating on curating “Market of desire”, a group in a disused shopping center in the wholesale market in Ilienci. His second solo show was at FLUCA, Austrian cultural pavilion, curated by Valko Chobanov “At liberty with the time frame”, Plovdiv.
In 2022 he had his third solo show “The golden wire” in Sofia, "Punta" gallery, curated by Vikenti Komitski and Boyana Djikova. Group shows that he has participated in include: "Memories of a social club that doesn’t exist", London (2022), ZÉRUÌ gallery, curated by Jerry Goa; "Freedom", Plovdiv (2022), Kapana City gallery; "The hanging show", Sofia (2021) "Institute of Contemporary Art", Sofia; "Sofia queer forum" (2021) Museum of
contemporary art Sofia and Doza gallery, curated by Martina Stefanova; "Sofia Art Week" Sofia 2021 curated by Voin de Voin; "And The weird dreams/we have 3.0_back_to_postwhut" Venice (2020); "In the Calle" curated by Ludovica Elpidia
About the author
Aaron Roth works with found images interrogating them by the means of painting, installation, sculpture and photography. The installations straddle the place between the ready-made and assemblage based upon the detritus in contrast to the painting having a mimetic and ironic relationship to advertising mostly coming from screenshots from chalga: Bulgarian pop-folk music videos. The pieces draw their inspirations from chalga, conspiracy theory and advertisements of luxury goods used to explore questions of desire, myths of nationalism and capital.
Gallery
Aaron Roth
First class Swiss air, 2020.
Painting
Details
- Photographer: Mihail Novakov
- Material: oil on canvas
- Width: 220.00 cm Height: 190.00 cm Depth: cm
Aaron Roth
sobranie S.O.B., 2020.
Painting
Details
- Photographer: Mihail Novakov
- Material: oil on canvas
- Width: 130.00 cm Height: 180.00 cm Depth: 0.00 cm
Aaron Roth
Free shop (Кalotina), 2020.
Photography
Details
- Photographer: Mihail Novakov
- Material: laser print
- Width: 150.00 cm Height: 228.00 cm Depth: cm
Aaron Roth
Untitled (Mercedes E class w210 hood), 2021.
Sculpture
Details
- Photographer: Mihail Novakov
- Material: Mercedes E class w210 hood, green faux crocodile fabric, jacquard woven Maria and Jesus in reverse, rivet
- Width: 230.00 cm Height: 150.00 cm Depth: 35.00 cm
- Property of: Aaron Roth
