Wang Guangyi - Contemporary Artists

Aesthetics of War – Blue No. 3

Aesthetics of War – Blue No. 3 The Saatchi Gallery
 

Wang Guangyi

Aesthetics of War – Blue No. 3

2006
Oil on canvas

200 x 300 cm

Guangyi's Aesthetics of War - Blue No. 3 operates as a dual narrative. Combining the graphic styles of comic books and instructional manuals with scrawled blackboard-like text his work points to a visual analysis that�s equally personal and pedagogical. Rendered in X-ray tones, his tableau is situated in the realm of science fiction and adventure, giving a sense of toxicity and danger to the pop motifs and generic script, questioning the implications of public images as coded messages and the tacit role of the artist as producer.
 
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