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flute bagpipes
oil on canvas cm 100x100
Biography
Iva MIlanova was born on 30 October 1970 in Sofia. She exhibited in Italy, in Berlin and Chicago. On 1998 she obtained the Master of History of Art and Classical Archeology, at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her love for painting was born when she was a child.
When she was yet very young some of hers works were used by one of the biggest fashion companies in Bulgaria. That opened the door for her to the bulgarian school of arts in Sofia, where she was allowed to visit as a special student. Later she moved to Berlin in Germany with hers parents where she studied history of arts and classical archeology. At the moment, apart from painting, she writes the doctoral thesis with the theme "The Iconostase in the orthodox church".
Artistic Direction's Advice
Art Gallery III Millennium
Work shown by Iva Milanova is very significant about hers actual vocational training and hers artistic research. References to the Iconography production of East Europe are remarkable: the poses are hieratic and the face's expressions are into a serene atmosphere, and of mystic dignity.
Nevertheless there is other: You can feel very personal expressionist influences in the very strong way the artist uses colors and in the stroke's violence; besides that you can understand into features the charm that ancient roman paint exerts on the Milanova's sensitivity.
All these components, that seem to be loose, are joined from the harmonious creation of artist: the ancient roman echoes are mixed with the eastern religious tradition and the whole is metabolized from a personal expressionist inspiration. The result is a strong and dense work, at the same time, light a refined. Contents reveal passion for life and hope for human's harmony, an universal message.
