Avanttouch

drawing, acrylic and Schmincke oils on 300lb Fabriano Artistico paper, Framed size: 42x32cm, Image size: 32x21cm, Anton Terziev, 2019

Photo: © the artist. Private property

Title credit: Svetoslav Todorov - journalist, editor and writer
Shown at Small Victories solo exhibition, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, 2019

Anton Terziev’s Post-Avant Touch merges tool and body in a single, surreal gesture: a brush handle whose bristles are replaced by a human thumb. Rendered in velvety gouache against a flat field of color, this uncanny hybrid upends our expectations, reminding us that painting is as much a tactile communion as a visual act. By collapsing the boundary between artist and instrument, Terziev offers a sly meditation on creativity’s spiritual core—an alchemy of touch, presence, and imagination.