About Artist

胡本切克勒夫（Houben Tcherkelov，又稱Houben R.T.）是一名出生於保加利亞的前衛藝術家，他探索政府生產的圖像與國家權力和身份之間的象徵聯繫。胡本畢業於索菲亞國家藝術學院，並且與XXL畫廊周圍的激進藝術運動相關。在早期作品中，他透過攝影、電影和裝置藝術探索後共產主義的保加利亞生活。他的作品廣受讚譽，在2000年移居紐約市後轉而繪畫。

Houben Tcherkelov, also known as Houben R.T., is an avant-garde artist born in Bulgaria who explores the symbolic connections between government-produced imagery and the concepts of national power and identity. Houben graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and was associated with the radical art movements around the XXL Gallery. In his early works, he delved into post-communist Bulgarian life through photography, film, and installation art. Widely acclaimed, he transitioned to painting after relocating to New York City in the year 2000.