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Choko
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The art of Dimitar Yankov is very pleasant and somehow calming, maybe it has to do with the color pallet he uses, warm but with chilly shades coming through. The shapes let your mind make out of them what it chooses and only gently suggest a familiar form or intention. Overall, I would give it *** 4.25 ***
— Jun 08, 2020 09:38AM
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Choko
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Graphic Art by Vasil Ivanov (1909-1975)
Definitely old school, like between 50's and 70's, very heavily influenced by the style of art popular in the country at the time. I love it for the window in time it gives us, and for the unique vision of the artist and the time which shaped it. Works with scale differential, high tonal contrast, and dukes of juxtaposition of soul and matter. Lovely! *** 4.50 ***
— Jun 08, 2020 11:12AM
Definitely old school, like between 50's and 70's, very heavily influenced by the style of art popular in the country at the time. I love it for the window in time it gives us, and for the unique vision of the artist and the time which shaped it. Works with scale differential, high tonal contrast, and dukes of juxtaposition of soul and matter. Lovely! *** 4.50 ***
Choko
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Beating the Air by Velko Miloev.
Really loved the concept! Loved the whole thing really, but I benefited from being familiar with Bulgarian expressions, because they seemed to be translated very literally, thus making the prose a bit clumsy in English... Very little things, but a big difference in the flow of thought. I will rate on substance though, so *** 4.75 ***
— Jun 08, 2020 09:56AM
Really loved the concept! Loved the whole thing really, but I benefited from being familiar with Bulgarian expressions, because they seemed to be translated very literally, thus making the prose a bit clumsy in English... Very little things, but a big difference in the flow of thought. I will rate on substance though, so *** 4.75 ***
Choko
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The Last Interview of Adam Sousbe by Lyuben Dilov
I understand what the author was trying to do, putting a very political statement in a fictional future, thus making a point of gender inequality and the extremes it could lead to, and I even enjoyed the way it was presented in the interview format, but something was missing. Not sure what, and I think some might have been lost in translation... * 3 *
— Jun 08, 2020 09:46AM
I understand what the author was trying to do, putting a very political statement in a fictional future, thus making a point of gender inequality and the extremes it could lead to, and I even enjoyed the way it was presented in the interview format, but something was missing. Not sure what, and I think some might have been lost in translation... * 3 *
