Beat Meat Manifesto / Private Societies I
Beat Meat Manifesto / Private Societies I - Size: 100 x 130 cm, Schmincke oils on canvas, 2017, Anton Terziev. Courtesy of the artist
Photos: Vasil Tanev. Title credit: Svetoslav Todorov - writer, editor, correspondent
Photo: © the artist
Part of Small Victories solo exhibition, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, 2019
"Каймата, другари, е част от народа,
месото се тика в казан - ей така,
едни са гаднярите, други за Бога,
но никой не пита: "Какво е кайма?"
Сложна машина мели живота ни,
всеки напредва натам без глава,
никой не може да мисли повече,
защото участва в тази игра!"
Милена Славова
Anton Terziev’s “Beat Meat Manifesto” is a bold exploration of modern society’s darker instincts. The work, rendered in sumptuous impasto, confronts viewers with a central, raw mass of flesh-like material—immediately arresting the eye—while shadowy, anonymous figures encircle it in suggestive complicity.
Terziev’s deliberate layering of thick oil paint creates a palpable texture that intensifies the physicality and raw immediacy of the subject. The striking contrast between vivid central tones and a subdued, shadowy backdrop adds both depth and a refined sense of unease.
In this work, primal energy collides with the decay of modern civility. The visceral imagery subtly critiques the resurgence of collective tribalism, latent aggression, and societal anxiety, inviting reflection on how easily contemporary structures can fracture into primitive impulses.
Overall, “Beat Meat Manifesto” is a sophisticated, provocative meditation on the tensions beneath the polished surface of modern life, rendered in a manner that is at once both raw and meticulously refined.
Photo: © the artist
Photo: © the artist
Beat Meat Manifesto and Black Whitenss paintings from Private Societies series at Alianz Bulgaria National Competition; Prize nominated, photo: Stanislav Belovski, 2018
Photo: © the artist