Public Republic

Maria Aladzhova’s interview with Huang Xiang and William Rock In this issue of Artist of the week Public Republic presents you Huang Xiang and William Rock – two incredible artists and creators of The Century Mountain Project. The Century Mountain Project is an East/West collaboration of art that creates a “visual dialogue across humanity.” Huang […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Andrea Laybauer How and when did you realize that photography would be your vocation? When I was 17, I was taking pictures of my friends in a very precarious way, using a white sheet as a background and a compact camera without resources. A cobra

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the sculptor Mariska Zevenbergen When and how did you realize that art was going to be your vocation? There are two clear moments in my youth that I realized art is my vocation: at the age of four; an artist came into our class to make large paintings with us my […]

An interview with Desislava Slavova by Natalia Nikolaeva Translation by Iva Kuncheva Foto: Dessislava Slavova “If you can dream it, you can do it” Walt Disney I like the moments when a person materializes a reality out of their dreams. I admire people who can put love, time, patience and faith into their dreams and […]

Yana Radilova’s interview with the photographer Art McLeod My name is Art McLeod. I have been a nature photographer for many years. I grew up in Northern Ontario, Canada. My parents are wildlife photographers and have been ever since I was a child. We spent a lot of time in the wilderness and that had […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Francisco Valera Why did you choose photography as your hobby? Well, first because it is a cheap hobby due to Internet and digital techniques, and second because I can translate my ideas in the different ways of photo composition. Space collector No choice – save our world

An interview with painter Jill Mulleady by Maya Kolarova Jill Mulleady – “a whirlpool of complex emotions” Photo: Personal archive Jill Mulleady (born 1980 in Uruguay) is a painter based in London. She studied theatre at Jacques Lecoq School (2002-03), Paris and MA Fine Arts at Chelsea College of Arts, London (2007–09). Jill Mulleady’s paintings […]

An interview by Mira Dimova with the sculptor Anatoli Monov Translation: Maya Kolarova   How long have you been making these small sculptures? After I graduated from the academy in1996, Professor George Chapkunov was my tutor. It was very hard in the studio. In the beginning there were no conditions on me, and I attended […]

An interview with Pavel Harapov by Natalia Nikolaeva Translation: Ellie Ivanova Ponti Remember that good-natured woodcarver Geppetto who carved a marionette out of pine wood? And then a miracle happens: Pinocchio comes alive. Are these just children’s stories?

Zlatina Dimitrova’s interview with the photographer Erich Morton Erich Morton: Photography was just what I thought about increasingly over my life Why did you get involved with photography? Why not any other art?  My father was a photography enthusiast and I remember always liking his photos from his trips to India and France. I had […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Ronit Baranga Ronit Baranga has a B.A. in Psychology and Hebrew Literature from Haifa University, Israel. She has also taken courses in Art History (Tel-Aviv University) and Practical Arts Studies (Bet-Berl College). The first exhibition in which she participated was held in Israel in 2000. Additional exhibitions in a number of […]

An interview with Eric Lafforgue by Desislava Velichkova Africa’s passion by Eric Lafforgue Born in 1964, Eric Lafforgue lives in Toulouse, France. Ever since he was young, he has been fascinated by far away countries and travelling, and spent some time in Africa, unknowingly retracing Monfried and Joseph Kessels footsteps when he was 10 years […]

By Ellie Ivanova Ponti Photo: Leo Ponti Many people see collecting art as an investment. And it is true that its value over time will probably grow. However, building a relationship with art is really a way of self-expression. It is an affirmation of our own worldview and creativity, even as viewers. Collecting art that […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Oleg Igorin When and how did you “discover” your passion for photography? I suddenly was going along a shop window and saw a digital camera. I remember it was Olympus. It was 5 years ago. I think my passion for photography began technically at that moment. Esthetically I […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Antonio Garcia Antonio Garcia: “The Most Important Thing in Fashion Photography is Passion” How were you attracted to the world of fashion? When I was learning photography, I was introduced to many photographers. A lot of disciplines, a lot of different fields: documentary, sports, landscapes, still photography… and […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Christian Leitner How has photography become an important part of your life? A benefit of working at a university is that you can travel a lot to places you would normally not visit as a tourist, so I started to take pictures wherever I went. But the real […]

An interview with Maria Jose Rivera by Ani Vasileva She always has admired the way people expresses their emotions. She doesn’t care how they do it. Everyone has an inner world and any way they choose to express it is fine with her. She believes the most important thing about taking photos is having a […]

Galina Dzendova’s interview with Mariana Kalycheva Translation: Mira Dimova Mariana Kalycheva’s Paintings – Colourful, Emotional, Precise I met Mariana while waiting at the ticket-office at the airport in Sofia, where the overload baggage was to be declared. I knew she was fond of art before she told me anything about herself. Her smile hinted her […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the composer and musician Andrea Centazzo Tell us please how your carrier as a musician and a composer has started? I never had regular music school training when I was young, basically I was mostly drumming and singing with a schoolmate rock band until I was 22. After that I decided […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the artist Elizabeth Ross Nomad in Venezia Please tell us about your first steps into art. I was a solitary child, who liked to “create” from nowhere things that obviously already existed. I loved the mystery that creation involved. After all those early years I never thought about art or me […]