{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Banksy of Bulgaria","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-06-19T19:42:40Z","description":"The Banksy of Bulgaria transformed tstatues of a Soviet monument in Sofia into superheroes and cartoon characters, what is a brilliant guerrilla art intervention!","html":"\u003cp\u003eI just \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004814/Is-bird-Is-plane-No-Superman-friends-painted-Soviet-statue-Banksy-Bulgaria.html\"\u003estumbled upon\u003c/a\u003e this interesting intervention in Sofia, Bulgaria: An still unknown artist - dubbed \u003cstrong\u003eBanksy of Bulgaria\u003c/strong\u003e by some news agencies - transformed figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument into superheroes and cartoon characters!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Joker, Superman, Santa Claus, Robin (not quite sure) and even Ronald McDonald carrying the Stars and Stripes could be identified - I’m not sure about the figures, maybe you are able to name some more\u0026hellip; However, in my eyes this guerrilla art action is just superb! The transformation of Soviet soldiers into fantasy characters and in that way the combination of modern US culture and Soviet history is what some may missed in the original \u003cstrong\u003eBanksy\u003c/strong\u003e’s latest artworks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThumbs up Banksy of Bulgaria, well done!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdate:\u003c/strong\u003e\nAs phART mentioned (in the comments area), this guerrilla work could be valued as \u003cem\u003edisrespectful to the memory of the terrible events which it commemorates\u003c/em\u003e. I request you to keep that in mind, although in my eyes, an important thing especially about so-called street art is the provoking intention\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 980\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"980\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"980\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_2d98f37c864813e8.avif 480w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_fbd39600bd5bfa79.avif 960w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_49bb83bd23b8160c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_7c89eb22f0ec17b8.webp 480w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_fd5269c23e2d635d.webp 960w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_65812973239a211e.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_d05e7e4e026c4df.jpg\" srcset=\"/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_5ae7f86566b408ad.jpg 480w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_792c5c3a8ceadae.jpg 960w, /banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1_hu_d05e7e4e026c4df.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"767\" alt=\"banksy of bulgaria\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ebanksy of bulgaria\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\nI just [stumbled upon](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004814/Is-bird-Is-plane-No-Superman-friends-painted-Soviet-statue-Banksy-Bulgaria.html) this interesting intervention in Sofia, Bulgaria: An still unknown artist - dubbed **Banksy of Bulgaria** by some news agencies - transformed figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument into superheroes and cartoon characters!\n\nThe Joker, Superman, Santa Claus, Robin (not quite sure) and even Ronald McDonald carrying the Stars and Stripes could be identified - I’m not sure about the figures, maybe you are able to name some more... However, in my eyes this guerrilla art action is just superb! The transformation of Soviet soldiers into fantasy characters and in that way the combination of modern US culture and Soviet history is what some may missed in the original **Banksy**’s latest artworks.\n\nThumbs up Banksy of Bulgaria, well done!\n\n**Update:**\nAs phART mentioned (in the comments area), this guerrilla work could be valued as *disrespectful to the memory of the terrible events which it commemorates*. I request you to keep that in mind, although in my eyes, an important thing especially about so-called street art is the provoking intention...\n\n![banksy of bulgaria](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-of-bulgaria/banksy-bulgaria1.jpg\u003e)\n\nbanksy of bulgaria ","tags":["Banksy","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Banksy of Bulgaria","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/banksy-of-bulgaria/"}