sorrow /"the last Burghers of Calais" series 2016/ Sculpture

“While he graduated in sculpture, Ventsislav Zankov is best known as one of the first action and performance artists in the country. His artistic activity provokes just the same strong interest, both towards his work and to his personality. In his worldly and artistic philosophy there is somewhat of a paradox – he is convinced of the insignificance of human existence and at the same time believes in the power of the human spirit. Distinguishing in this way the spirit of being through his art – a synthesis of spirit and matter, he creates forms that live in parallel with our reality. If his goal was to create a kind of psychically charged material, he has succeeded – the powerful form and grand scale of his sculptures and paintings is the conductor of his views on the ideal...” Nadia Timova