Fabrizio Musacchio
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Norbert Bisky, Leipzig 1970, Witches' swing, 2005, Oil on canvas. At first glance, the depictions of young, athletic men by the Leipzig-born artist evoke a variety of associations: The idealised, heroic imagery alludes to the propaganda of totalitarian regimes and at the same time refers to Bisky's own experiences growing up in the GDR. This complex interweaving of personal biography and social criticism characterises Bisky's work and raises both historical and contemporary issues. This is also the case in Witches' swing: the idyllic scenery, painted in emphatically bright colours, is confronted with the depiction of extreme violence in the form of the tied-up woman. At the time the work was created, the femicide of Hatun Sürücü made headlines in Berlin in 2005. With the bound female figure, Bisky refers not only symbolically to this act of violence, but also to the far-reaching history of the ostracisation of women, which is already alluded to in the title of the picture.
Norbert Bisky, Leipzig 1970, Witches' swing, 2005, Oil on canvas. At first glance, the depictions of young, athletic men by the Leipzig-born artist evoke a variety of associations: The idealised, heroic imagery alludes to the propaganda of totalitarian regimes and at the same time refers to Bisky's own experiences growing up in the GDR. This complex interweaving of personal biography and social criticism characterises Bisky's work and raises both historical and contemporary issues. This is also the case in Witches' swing: the idyllic scenery, painted in emphatically bright colours, is confronted with the depiction of extreme violence in the form of the tied-up woman. At the time the work was created, the femicide of Hatun Sürücü made headlines in Berlin in 2005. With the bound female figure, Bisky refers not only symbolically to this act of violence, but also to the far-reaching history of the ostracisation of women, which is already alluded to in the title of the picture.
Norbert Bisky, Leipzig 1970, Witches' swing, 2005, Oil on canvas. At first glance, the depictions of young, athletic men by the Leipzig-born artist evoke a variety of associations: The idealised, heroic imagery alludes to the propaganda of totalitarian regimes and at the same time refers to Bisky's own experiences growing up in the GDR. This complex interweaving of personal biography and social criticism characterises Bisky's work and raises both historical and contemporary issues. This is also the case in Witches' swing: the idyllic scenery, painted in emphatically bright colours, is confronted with the depiction of extreme violence in the form of the tied-up woman. At the time the work was created, the femicide of Hatun Sürücü made headlines in Berlin in 2005. With the bound female figure, Bisky refers not only symbolically to this act of violence, but also to the far-reaching history of the ostracisation of women, which is already alluded to in the title of the picture.
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