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JANEZ BOLJKA: HIROŠIMSKA MADONA

The sculpture Hirošimska madonna (Madonna of Hiroshima) depicts Mary with infant Christ as an intercessor on behalf of the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Madonna who is usually depicted as a beautiful young woman is in Boljka' s sculpture changed to a grotesque figure that speaks of destruction of humanity and the World. The body of the Madonna is falling apart to pieces, her face is shaped into a protective mask, which disfigures human face to unrecognisability and suffocates the person's identity. The brute force that torn the body apart is a way of the artist's expression of his fear and premonition of the apocalypse. (Google Arts, 17.06.2020)

ID

BO 3233

Address

HIROŠIMSKA MADONA

Authors

JANEZ BOLJKA

Time of creation

1980

Materials

bronze

Measurements

- H: 100 cm; W: 33 cm; D: 32 cm;

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