Land scape
Rada Yakova
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
materials I needed, I realised, there was not enough money for colours. I got only black and white. That’ s how I started. As I had the atelier of my dreams, it would‘ ve been very stupid to have excuses not to work. And then, the year after, something terrible happened in my life and I just didn’ t like the colours any more. Now, I don’ t need them any more. I see them as a special effect, which I don’ t need any more in order to express myself.
Your works communicate a successful attempt to transform tension to harmony: are your works painted gesturally, instinctively? Or do you methodically transpose geometric schemes from paper to canvas?
I have the idea, sometimes photos. I work close with professional dancers in Netherlands and in Bulgaria. I go to rehearsals. But at home, I start on the canvas directly, I never work with geometric schemes. I was never good in mathematics. Maybe pencil, graphite, pastel or something else. I try not to overwork a painting; it has to breathe.