5th of November 2022 (Saturday)
13, Exarch Joseph str, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
First of all I want to thank our hosts for the opportunity to be together again dear guests and friends.
We have long since turned our joint exhibitions into a tradition that symbolizes our spiritual unity in art.
It inspires us and brings us aesthetic delight and love.
Thank you, my dear friend, for having you, and with the warmest feelings I testify to you a sincere admiration for the music you give us, humming also from your paintings!
Let me also introduce you to a new author, Borislav Velikov, whose paintings bring an unwavering accent, strict yet playful, monochrome yet warming the senses.
His paintings show us the variety and freedom of stroke, the richness and precision of the means of expression. Sculpted on the glass, they seem to come alive. Our gaze is immersed in a magical and beautiful world filled with beautiful details, despite the lack of color. Living beauty flows from them!
I want, and last but not least, to introduce a dear friend, Vanya Velcheva, who will describe my works with her poetic words this evening.
She is a lawyer by profession. Her hometown is Plovdiv.
At the age of 16, she published a book of impressions and essays. To this day, she continues to write, because in this way she expresses herself emotionally and manages to get to know herself and the world better. Loves books, music and art. They endow the world with beauty and harmony.
You will excuse me for speaking about myself in this case, in the third person, but I want to express my gratitude to Vanya as much as possible.
Here is the presentation itself:
Yuliana Pavlova’s paintings transport us to a crystal clear, fabulous world.
The horses in her paintings are free, unruly, fatefully connected to the endless road. I look into their eyes, sometimes I detect shades of sadness, sometimes an unwavering strength and pursuit of happiness. It is as if, through them, the artist makes us touch the longing for freedom and striving, deep in the soul of each of us.
I really like to contemplate the flowers painted by her. Life-giving positive energy flows from them. Each flower is like a bright ray, like a colorful smile, so necessary for us in the time of trials in which we live.
Juliana Pavlova dedicated three of the paintings included in the exhibition to the regal and beautiful peacock. In history, myths, legends and traditions in different cultures, the symbolism of this bird is associated not only with its beauty, but also very often with spirituality, vitality, nobility, protection and immortality. A regal beauty oozes from these paintings. And the hundred eyes, those of the pound’s plumage, tell legends, hide mysteries and enchant the gaze with their magical shades.
I intuitively associate the female head that the artist depicted in one of her paintings with horses. She has boldly swept back wild hair, just as wild and unruly horses do with their manes. Deep blue hues make me think of the water element – deep, unpredictable, quiet or stormy, but always endlessly beautiful, just like the woman!
