PAINTINGS by VASSIL GORANOV

DECEMBER 23, 29, 30 | 2022

VASSIL GORANOV immortalizes the golden girls from Tokyo 2021 through paintings.

The exhibition “Together” is launching right on time – on the Eve of the greatest Christian festives. The title is chosen not by accident – it sends out a message for unanimity and is dedicated to the new golden girls that strengthened the foundation of spiritual and national oneness of Bulgarians.

The upcoming exhibition of the artist immortalizes the Graces that brought the first Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics for our country, but it all started three years ago – in the cold January days of 2019, before Simona Dyankova, Laura Traats, Madlen Radukanova, Stefano Kiryakova and Erica Zafirova to win the battle on the path to the historical success for the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics; and before Elena Bineva, participant in the initial selection of the golden olympic team, took the tough decision to leave the girls due to heavy back injury.

The show at San Stefano Gallery contains 17 oil paintings and is accompanied by an album that contains vibrant portraits of the Graces – heroes going down to the greatest pages of Bulgarian history.

Vasil Goranov is born in 1972 in Velingrad. He wins his first drawing contest at the age of 4. Despite being involved in drawing from an early age, he considers to be truly drawn to art after moving to Veliko Tarnovo where he graduated in Painting. The exhibition “Together” is the third solo show of the artist at San Stefano Gallery. In 2017 he presented the show “Historical romanticism” with 19 artoworks, recreating important historical events, rulers and great personalities from Bulgarian history.