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Cherubic Wings

Gligor Stefanov 1990

'Cherubic Wings' was situated by the side of the road just north of Grizedale Tarn, in the small quarry-like spot where Gregory Scott Gurner's 'Picket Fence' can now be found. It took the form of several large tree branches arranged to resemble angels' wings and was a sizeable effort. Stefanov spoke about the piece in Bill Grant and Paul Harris' 'The Grizedale Experience':

"Cherubic Wings are spread in Grizedale Forest. The timbers were installed where they had been felled by savage storms, the branches, fixed with glue, expressing tense rhythm. The dynamics and geometrical shapes of the wings are clearly demonstrative of a moment in time when they were locked in a battle with the savage gales which brought them down."

Gilgor Stefanov is an artist of Macedonian descent, or Yugoslavia as it was then. 'Cherubic Wings' was placed just around the corner from the spot which fellow Macedonian Petre Nikoloski chose for his 'Living Space' sculpture and the two have a close working relationship. Their Grizedale sculptures were both built in 1990, one assumes at the same time, while in 1993 they teamed up to create Macedonia's exhibit at the Venice Biennale of Art.

These days Stefanov is based in Ontario in Canada, where his work has graced the local galleries several times in recent years.

Photograph taken from 'The Grizedale Experience' by Bill Grant and Paul Harris.

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