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Vesselina Zagralova

  • Bulgaria (b. 1977 in Stara zagora)
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.

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In the name of… VI, Letting the idols of the infidels turn to dust

In the name of… VI, Letting the idols of the infidels turn to dust

  • 2015
  • Gouache
  • Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso, basswood
  • 30 x 30 cm
  • In March 2001 the Taliban destroyed the tallest Buddha statues in the world within four days. They were carved in the 6th century and were works of a unique Buddhist art that was practiced in this region from the 3rd to the 10th century.
  • 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.


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