City Under Siege
This is one of a three-part artwork that was displayed at the 1992 two-man art show Siege. The composition contains three main visual elements: the pictograph symbol of a city, a pictograph symbol of the moon, and a reshaped symbol of a foot that was repeated in different sizes and colors.
The siege tells a story similar to Picasso’s 1937 artwork, Guernica. The displayed city is surrounded by a pitch-black sky with a silver crescent that illuminates the city with rays of unpleasant light in the shape of missiles. Inside the city are the repeated shapes of feet in different sizes and colors. The feet show that the besieged people do not know where to go in chaos. It is an artistic depiction of a war crime that cannot be justified.
Subject: City Under Siege | Three-part-artwork #1
Technique: Acrylic, Sand & Mixed Media on Plywood
Measurements: 100 x 100 Cm | 39.3 x 39.3 Inches
Date: 1992
Price: Private collection
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