Paola Minekov
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I blogged for Dulwich on View
Find out more about Colourful World’s story in this article I wrote for the popular South London online magazine Dulwich on View.
“When I picked it up from the Big Egg Hunt’s office – the taxi driver saw it and said, ‘Blimey, I hope it doesn’t hatch in here!’
I was in the process of moving to my new studio, so the giant ceramic egg was living in the middle of my living room for a few weeks, it was great fun! While I was still priming it and doing some research, my visitors would look at it, walk around it, and ask whether it’s a new designer lamp I’d invested in…”
Read the full article here.
Photo by Amy Oberholzer
On a personal level, the idea behind this artwork was inspired by my own life journey.
I left my native Bulgaria at the age of 18, wondering if I’d ever have the chance to sleep in my childhood bedroom again.
I recall that august morning in 1998, sitting on my suitcase in Tel Aviv airport, in the early hours of the day, leaning on a box of empty canvases. Since then I have lived in and moved to a few different countries until settling in the UK. We live in a beautiful world, filled with colours and it deserves to be experienced and celebrated.
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