What We See Is What We Love
the hollows where connection occurs a companion opera denude
scars inscribed on our bodies craters into a skinscape of memory
soften the curse of colour
The Curse of Colour 1
where bodily noises elongate tender moments
the girl who didn’t know the woman
who does spaces to return to that tell her how
to be bolstered in vertical strokes interrogations
of touch prayers for rewilding reason
The Curse of Colour 2
provinces we are
borderless hues
we resist
what rushes in
to square the curves of our reach
Art Works by Ivilina Kouneva:
“What We See Is What We Love” (water based media, graphite, paper cuts on paper, 100×70 cm. (39.37×27.56 inch.), 2022
“The Curse of Colour 1” (acrylic and oil on painted canvas and paper cuts on paper, 48x 47 cm. ( 18.89 x 18.5 inch), 2023)
“The Curse of Colour 2” (acrylic and oil on painted canvas and paper cuts on paper, 48x 47 cm., 2023)
3 Works by Ivilina Kouneva and Jaclyn Piudik PDF Version:
Ivilina Kouneva is a widely exhibited visual artist originally from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, currently living in the south of England. For more information on her work and art practices visit her website: https://ivilinakouneva.com/.
Born in NYC, Jaclyn Piudik is a poet, translator and educator currently living in Toronto, Canada. Her work is widely published in journals and she is the author of numerous book projects, most recently, The Dark Oar, first English translations of Paul Celan’s own self-translated German poems into the French language (Beautiful Outlaw Press, 2024). More information on Jaclyn’s various projects is available here: https://www.jaclynpiudik.com/.
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