Black Market
Punta Gallery•Jun 10, 2026 — Jul 11, 2026
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“Black Market” is, first and foremost, a response to the territory in which it takes shape. Located in the heart of Sofia’s Women’s Market, a crossroads where various forms of trade, exchange, and transaction unfold, Punta Gallery is embedded within a social and cultural fabric woven around a multitude of open-air stalls. This specific context, along with the many stories that emerge from it—gathered over the course of several stays between the seaside city of Varna and the winding streets of Sofia’s old town—became the starting point for a reflection on the informal economy, the circulation of goods and information, and the conditions that give rise to these alternative flows.
While the black market is, by its very nature, the stuff of fantasy—owing both to its opaque mechanisms and its clandestine character—it is above all the product of an economy that state authorities are unable to quantify, regulate, or even contain. Escaping the regulatory and fiscal restrictions imposed by…
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Black Market
Punta Gallery•Jun 10, 2026 — Jul 11, 2026
Press Release
“Black Market” is, first and foremost, a response to the territory in which it takes shape. Located in the heart of Sofia’s Women’s Market, a crossroads where various forms of trade, exchange, and transaction unfold, Punta Gallery is embedded within a social and cultural fabric woven around a multitude of open-air stalls. This specific context, along with the many stories that emerge from it—gathered over the course of several stays between the seaside city of Varna and the winding streets of Sofia’s old town—became the starting point for a reflection on the informal economy, the circulation of goods and information, and the conditions that give rise to these alternative flows.
While the black market is, by its very nature, the stuff of fantasy—owing both to its opaque mechanisms and its clandestine character—it is above all the product of an economy that state authorities are unable to quantify, regulate, or even contain. Escaping the regulatory and fiscal restrictions imposed by…
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