These are the paintings from the series “Extreme Panorama” that I exhibited for my MFA degree show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland.
Extreme Panorama is the result of an ongoing reflection on the foolishness of human nature throughout history.
In our constantly accelerating lives we have come to consume images of violence at a previously unimaginable pace. These images brought to us by the mass media get mixed, corroded and blurred turning into a visual battlefield. In the post-truth era it becomes ever more apparent how truth and lie, sense and non-sense can become almost indistinguishable, how the absurd is a core characteristic of our existence, and how attracted to annihilation we are.
My work reflects on how we experience mankind’s own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure through the consumption of images of violence and suffering. By combining contemporary with historic imagery my paintings aim to open up a new perspective to the audience on how humankind has evolved – or not – across the centuries.