"triptych bergen-belsen | one of millions“
design for an altarpiece with a photo of an unknown person murdered in the bergen-belsen concentration camp, be it a jew, a communist, a prisoner of war, a homosexual, a jehovah’s witness, a sinti … the black square stands for malević’s painting of the same name, which in turn represents nothing. in the jewish faith, gold is a symbol of heavenly or divine light, of god’s glory; in the christian
faith, it is a symbol of god’s justice – and for the artist, a symbol of hope.
what are the limits of art (in memory of malevič and yves klein)? what is the love of god? what do we know about the necessity of gaining something comprehensible from the abstraction of history and its depictions?
„triptych bergen-belsen | one of 6 million“ (2024 photo print, ventablack, gold leaf)
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