ARTIST PROFILE

Vesselina Zagralova

  • Bulgaria (b. 1977 in Stara zagora)
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.
In the name of … I, Smashing the idols of the heathens eagerly

In the name of … I, Smashing the idols of the heathens eagerly

  • 2014
  • Gouache on Wood
  • Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso, basswood
  • 30 x 30 cm

  • St. Nicholas of Myra was born at the end of the 3rd century. In the first half of the 4th century he was bishop in Lycia, now Turkey. Written records about the battle of St. Nicholas against the idols are found in the Eastern and the Western Church.
  • Tearing out the roots of superstition with resolution - thumbnail In the name of … VII, Meeting the blasphemous excesses of western decadence with hardness - thumbnail In the name of… VI, Letting the idols of the infidels turn to dust - thumbnail In the name of… V, Nip the machinations of the class enemy in the bud - thumbnail In the name of … IV, Handing over the manifestos of the moral decline to the flames - thumbnail In the name of … III, Create new space for the socialist future - thumbnail In the name of … II, Destroying all records of the devil in the fire - thumbnail In the name of … I, Smashing the idols of the heathens eagerly - thumbnail

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    In the name of ... | 2014 - 2015

„In the name of …“ is a series of artworks which document real events. These events resulted from different ideologies and religions and they are – from the specific view of the acting persons – alright.