THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC Sculpture

Zaur Dzanagov (Заурбек Дзанагов) is a Russian sculptor, best known for the monument "The Tree of Grief" commemorating the victims of the terrorist attack in small town of Beslan (Russia) that claimed more than 300 children lives in 2004. The reduced copy of the monument stands at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasburg. Zaur was born in the family of a well-known soviet sculptor - Chermen Dzanagov - in 1955 in North Ossetia (Republic on the Russian South). He lives and works in Vladikavkaz. Zaur turns to the traditional Ossetian archaic art, giving it a modern sound. «I am ossetian. We are less than a million left. My work aims to maintain and develop our cultural values, as they are the essential part of the worldwide culture” – says Zaur. Honored Sculptor of the Republic of North Ossetia Alania (since 1995), recipient of the Art Prize of the Russian Federation Government, member of the Russian Artists Association (since 1982). Zaur works with various materials: wood, stone, bronze, ceramics.