“To represent terrible and questionable things is, in itself, the sign of an instinct of power and magnificence in the artist; he doesn’t fear them. There is no such thing as pessimistic art. Art affirms”.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The “Shoes Series” commenced with the encounter of a protest against landmines in Trafalgar Square, London, where a towering mound of shoes, reaching ten feet height, served as a poignant representation. These discarded and piled shoes symbolized the countless victims of landmines who, even years after the wars have ended, had lost their legs and feet, if not their life. Over time, the “shoes paintings” have evolved into powerful symbols that resonate with the memories of numerous wars, genocides, massacres, and ethnic cleansings. However, viewers have also connected them to other themes, such as the Holocaust, capitalism, consumerism, waste, and throw-away cultures.
Missa Pro Pace (closed)
96"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
Missa Pro Pace (open)
96"x96", Oil on panel, 2007
Missa Pro Pace" (Central Panel)
96"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
Missa Pro Pace" (Detail, Central Panel)
96"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
Amused itself to death
24 "x 32", Oil on panel, 2007
Big Money
24"x48", Oil on panel, 2009
Creating Hell
36"x 36", Oil on canvas, 2020
Danger: Human, all too human
29.75" x 48", Oil on panel, 2008
Dona Nabis Pacem
96"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
Give Peace a Chance
18"x32", Oil on panel, 2008
Global Racket
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
Golgotha
48" x 36", Oil on panel, 2006
Gloria
24"x32", Oil on panel, 2007
Invisible Children
24"x48", Oil on panel, 2009
Making a Killing
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2022
Miserere Nobis
36"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
Mobilizing Shame
18"x 32", Oil on panel, 2005
Never Again?
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
Peccata Mundi
36"x48", Oil on panel, 2007
The Triumph Of Life
36"x48", Oil on panel, 2010
The Way of Peace They Know Not
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2023
Truth, First Casualty of War
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2022
Very, Very Slow Genocide
36"x48", Oil on canvas, 2022
Unwarranted Influence
24"x48", Oil on panel, 2010
We have learned nothing!
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
We the People
24"x48", Oil on panel, 2009
Your collateral damage is my brother
24"x48", Oil on panel, 2008
Where shall wisdom be found?
18"x32", Oil on panel, 2007
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
32" x 12", Oil on panel, 2007
Mobilizing Shame
18"x32", Oil on panel, 2005
We The People
12"x32", Oil on panel, 2007. Private Collection
The possibility of hope
21.25" x 12", Oil on panel, 2008
War is won but peace is not
23.5" x 12", Oil on panel, 2008
Sometimes to be silent is to lie
23"x12", Oil on panel, 2008
Humans!
12”x12”, Oil on canvas, 2009
What Victory?
23.5”x12”, Oil on panel, 2008