Art and War - The power of composition

Is it even appropriate to create images on the subject of war and conflict? One might just as well ask whether it is appropriate to create images that contain a political statement. The answer should be carefully considered and could be: why not? In any case, the artwork should be within a certain aesthetic and ethical framework, and shock effects can largely be dispensed with.

Focussing on the colors

Sometimes less is more

In reality, however, my approach is as follows: less, i.e., reduction to the essentials, is more. I have heard from the English musician Jah Wobble that Germans are generally considered masters of reduction. In my case, this certainly seems to be true.

The power of composition

In addition, this work, 'GoHOME!', has a certain dynamism, not only because of its topicality and sympathy for the attacked side, but also because of the number of objects and the lively depiction of the situation that actually took place 2022 in an Ukrainian village at the beginning of the Russian invasion: the citizens courageously approached the invaders, armed only with an Ukrainian flag and their courage, and made it clear to them, despite the soldiers real weapons: "Go home, this is our country!". Still a unique event, isn't it?