Chicago 22 June 2007
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Sergey, Anita and Marina
An evening of Art at my friend Anita's PERFECT PEAR ART GALLERY
http://www.perfectpeargallery/
Where I drank wine with old friends and new. And ate meatballs. and a bit of guacamole.
Sergey and Marina were there, Sergey, well you can see into his mind by looking at his art:
http://www.dreamsoft.us/preview/art/index.html his art is what brought us together. Marina, his better half as they say, is a pure joy to talk to.
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The evening was dedicated to the art of Ogi Yanakiev, http://www.ogiart.com/menu.html a Bulgarian magician with metal (and every other artistic method). I have never met anyone from Bulgaria, I lead a very limited existance . . . as close as I ever came was a novel by an Albanian, Ismail Kadaré's wonderful The Palace of Dreams. Albania, close to Bulgaria on the map, and in my mind's eye ..... from Tirana to Sofia is just over 500 kilometers by car ... nearly neighbors..... a fascinating conversation . . . talk of the Old Days and the New.
Sergey, Ogi and Marina, chatting in front of beautiful works by Tanya Miller (Sergey and Marina's Daughter)
Sergey, Mary, Ogi and Marina paying homage to an Ogi sculpture.
a fine evening of drink and art and CONVERSATION above all.
