Rada Yakova
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW be tought by such a person is an incredible adventure and honour. I’ ve learned to read between the lines, to express a position, to give my work a symbolic meaning. I’ ve also learned that " May you live in interesting times " is not a curse, it’ s a blessing... You learn how to swim, only in deep water. And you can wait to be discovered, or you can be the one who discovers the world. You have to open all your senses and breath the surrounding world, feel the pain, feel the sorrow, and use all your power and senses to express this on the canvas or whatever medium you use. When I graduated from Vienna I chose to follow my passion and continue with painting. Since then I call myself an artist.
You asked about the esthetic... In Vienna, Bulgarian artists are not accepted in the painting world because they are thinking too much and are working in a frame. To a certain degree I tend to agree with this. As much as classical school gives us, it can also harm us. If you are not critical enough to yourself and rely on the school only, it could ruin your future as an artist. Furthermore, we are responsible for the way our children will see the world. The beauty idols we sell to them, the strive to be perfect and never to reach this perfection... the esthetic categories we create and teach our chuldren are the way we see the world around us, they are also what we make and project with our art. So, we have to be mindful of the messages we coney with our work.
In 21th century art is not only beautiful forms, body or landscape. It is a statement, it’ s a position in society. In modern art, the idea is more important than the visual itself. There are no more rules and boundaries. I believe in the strong idea but I stay old fashioned and use the power of the brush. And by giving symbolical meanings in my paintings, I tell stories and the viewer is actively participating with his own interpretations.
Your approach is very personal and your technique condenses a variety of