Boiko Penchev
Boyko Penchev is Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Sofia. He has been editor in chief of the weekly Literaturen vestnik since 1993 and a columnist for the daily Dnevnik.
Updated: 8 July 2011
In mid-June, anonymous artists repainted the Soviet soldiers on a war monument in Sofia as comic-book superheroes. Beyond merely irritating the authorities with the farce, the gesture raises the question of the relationship between power, art and history.