Christo Kasabov is an American-Bulgarian artist who currently divides his time between Toronto and Berlin.  Kasabov is an abstract expressionist (with an attachment to the figure) who could be described as intensely grounded in exploring the relationships between the conscious and unconscious or one's inner versus external 'realities'. His ideas integrate the heritage of ancient civilizations, real and imagined, drawing from reliefs, writings, signs, symbols, engravings in earth, stone objects and walls, and creating a new iconography of forms and textures that effortlessly cuts through the routine and the everyday.  Employing oil and acrylic, collage (as an element), wood & metal findings and household objects, Kasabov creates a primal language, enriching his abstract compositions with a fully-formed sensibility and a sure grasp of composition, and always striving to represent his grasp of both the material and non material aspects of human existence.  These paintings speak with their own sure voice, and offer up a kind of visual rationality that the artist has wrenched from that eternal wellspring of creative energy we call chaos.  What's remarkable is how light and even cheery the work can come across.  

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