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“The Wine for Openings is a Cabernet Sauvignon I produced on the occasion of the Bulgarian National Pavilion at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia.
As you know, since ancient times wine drinking has accompanied numerous rituals and has been interpreted in many different ways: as an act of liberation and achievement of pure joy; as a source of communication and uniting of people; as a way to divine intoxication. My “special” wine for exhibition openings marks a particular, more modern ritual of the art world, which celebrates its important events. I propose it as a symbolic gesture and as a piece of art.
I would like to offer this wine as my art project, and for free, to curators, commissioners, and artists, for it to be used at their openings during the Biennale preview days, as a contribution to our unity.
The wine was produced by a small vineyard in southern Bulgaria with the help of one of the best Bulgarian viniculturists – Dimitar Grozev.”
Ivan Moudov
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