Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Dispute over aesthetics of anti-war performance in Sofia

Photo: Archive

The sculpture "The Cry of the Ukrainian Mother" was erected in the Prince's Garden in Sofia against the disputed Monument to the Soviet Army. Intellectuals, artists and citizens came to the event.

The sculpture provoked violent reactions on social networks. Even supporters of Ukraine commented negatively on the aesthetics of the sculpture. But fans of the work, which contrasts sharply with the spirit of socialist realism in which the Soviet Army Monument is held, compare the image to Munch's The Scream and Picasso's Guernica.
 "I expect both positive and negative reactions. It is not beautiful, but neither is the truth," the sculptor Nedelcho Kostadinov commented to BTA.
"The cry of the Ukrainian mother" remained on the pedestal for less than two hours.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Stefan Komandarev

Stefan Komandarev's new film ranks among the best co-productions

The latest project by director Stefan Komandarev, "The Block Universe", is one of the 35 selected projects at the most important global forum for film co-productions, the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Every year there are hundreds of candidates,..

published on 1/10/25 10:59 AM

The film "Before I Forget" tells a family story about memory and love

The latest Bulgarian film "Before I Forget" can be seen in cinemas from today. It depicts the sad reality of one of the most common modern diseases - dementia. Screenwriter Teodora Stoilova-Doncheva was inspired by real events. The film is..

published on 1/10/25 5:55 AM
Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov at the opening of the exhibition at the Getty Museum in November 2024

The Ministry of Culture requests the evacuation of the Thracian treasures from the exhibition in Los Angeles

All necessary measures have been taken to protect the exhibits of the "Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania and Greece" exhibition in Los Angeles from the raging fires in the area, reported BTA. The exhibition,..

published on 1/8/25 12:58 PM