May 12

May 12 ARTIST ANNA ALEXANDRA

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Art, Creative People, Culture, Interviews, Nature, Photography, Wellbeing

Anna-Alexandra (1990) is a visual artist, poet and culturologist born in Bulgaria and based in Mallorca, Spain.

Her background is related to ancient languages, philosophy and history of culture. She has been creator and participant in numerous Poetry, Fine Arts and Contemporary Photography art projects. Anna-Alexandra is deeply interested in the subject of the emotional and physical experience of art and also in bringing the art outside the standard context.

Your greatest inspirations or influences?

I’m very influenced by primitive art and by the primordial female figure. Many of my projects are about the feminine image, the mysterious and magical feminine nature and its connection to the earth and to the circle of life. I start exploring at the root of my subject - at the myth and its etymology. I look for connections between passion and fear, between nature and the different images of the femininity.

My work is inspired by mythology, philosophical and anthropological concepts and poetry, that is the basis of my exploration. Sometimes even when I'm reading a scientific text I can imagine how some concepts can be transmitted with the instruments of the artistic expression. For example, I'm working now on a project about the feminine nature of the sea and about the female personifications of the water - LA MAR. This project was inspired by the anthropological linguistic text.

My work is also strongly influenced by matisse, from his sense of composition, colours and shapes.

Tell us a bit about your creative process?

While in a creative process, I feel like I don't have to be anywhere else and do anything else. It is an incomparable feeling of bliss. I consider my art to be process-based with an almost ritualistic character. Motion, materials and context have significant impact on the final result.

At the moment I’m interested in painting on large scale canvas and in textile sculptures. For this reason I would be very happy if this year I would have the opportunity to move to a larger studio.

How has this year changed your creativity and how do you see the world changing moving forward?

Undoubtedly the past year has been challenging in many aspects.

The global situation that the virus has caused has changed a lot the dynamics of everyday life, the way we communicate, the idea of making plans for the future…it also has a big impact on our inner world, on our emotional reactions and on the idea of happiness.

I felt that after the long isolation during the first lockdown, when we were closed for 3 months here in Spain, I began to appreciate much more the simple things like just to walk in the nature, to go to the beach, an opportunity to be with friends, to communicate. It seems to me that now we value these simple things more, that we need less to able to be happy. Perhaps that's why I'm much more observant right now. I find the simple act of observation as a deep, mysterious and beautiful. For me art starts there.

After all these isolation am very interested in the performance, in interaction with the audience as well as how poetry can be mixed with visual arts.

Do you think the art world needs to change, and if so how can it be improved?

I think the Art world needs to change a lot.

this is a very dynamic and constantly changing field, at the same time in some aspects it can be extremely conservative and slowly reforming. I notice that artists start to communicate more intensively with each other and are more open to collaboration and creating communities. I observe kind of emancipation of the modern artist from institutions, which I really like. I see it as liberalisation and as an opportunity for development. I don't think that gallery or an institution can make it more meaningful.

What does wellbeing mean to you?

For me wellbeing is strongly linked to the pleasure and satisfaction of life. Of course It's a complex combination of emotional, physical and mental factors, but more than anything else, to me, it depends on the connection to our inner creative centre and intuition.

Indeed, the wellbeing of an artist is strongly connected to his ability to express himself, but it's applicable not only to an artist, but to people in general. We all have the necessity to create. The transformation of our inner impulses, feelings and thoughts is part of a deep psychological process, that is necessary for our growth as personalities.

http://anna-alexandra.eu

We are so in love with the work of Anna Alexandra we invite you to check out in more detail her projects-Mythos and Minotauros.