EAST-WEST

THIS MEDAL (PLAQUE) HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITHIN THE MEDAL PROJECT 2011 OF THE MEDALLIC SCULPTURE STUDIO SOFIA, BULGARIA - A PROJECT OF PROF. B.NIKOLOV FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND GUEST ARTISTS (WWW.ARTMEDAL.NET)

THE PLAQUE CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS : EAST AND WEST

AT THIS PLACE WE CITE BILL CLINTON : It's the economy, stupid !

WITH THE "ECONOMY" DIRECTLY COMBINED ARE POLITICAL POWER AND HEGEMONY. THE MEANS OF STRIVING AND MAINTAINING POLITICAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POWER ARE CAMOUFLAGED QUITE OFTEN BY SUCH MORAL TERMS HOWEVER, LIKE "SAVING FREEDOM, PEACE, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
A CRITICAL LOOK INTO THE BOOKS OF HISTORY AND THE MORNING NEWSPAPER IS QUITE HELPFUL IN DESTROYING MANY ILLUSIONS ...

IN THIS SENSE WE REALLY LIVE IN A GLOBAL WORLD , DON'T WE ?

A LITTLE REMINISCENCE CONCERNING THE RELATION "EAST- WEST":

BELOW A PICTURE OF THE GERMAN PAINTER H.KNACKFUSS , MADE ACCORDING TO A DESIGN OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR WILHELM II . THE PICTURE WAS A PRESENT TO THE RUSSIAN CZAR IN THE END. THE TITLE IS : "NATIONS OF EUROPE, SAVE YOUR HOLIEST GOODS."

THE HOVERING BUDDHA AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF KITSCH , ISN'T IT!

BECAUSE OF THE ADVISABLE POLITICAL BALANCE WE SHOW A CHINESE PICTURE OF THE 17 TH CENTURY, DEPICTING AN ENGLISH SEAMAN. THE CLOUD FROM HIS MOUTH SHOWS, THAT HE IS SMOKING ( IT'S NOT HIS BAD BREATH) . THIS PICTURE IS THE EVIDENT PROOF, THAT EVOLUTION SOMETIMES CAN MAKE RATHER LARGE STEPS WITHIN A SHORT TIME. PICTURE TAKEN FROM : Alberto Manguel : Bilder lesen, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3 499 23199 9

THE PLAQUE HAS BEEN CREATED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2011- JUST BY CHANCE A TIME , WHEN VALUES OF WESTERN AND EASTERN EDUCATION WERE DISCUSSED IN THE USA AND GERMANY , CAUSED BY A BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE USA.