Till Gerhard - Avantgarde Backlash

Avantgarde Backlash, 2006

Author: Till Gerhard

Oil and spray paint on canvas.

220 x 280 cm.

The group congregated around a strange social event radiates a subversive threat emanating from an apparently metaphysical phenomenon which invades reality. His painting reflects the paranoiac condition of the world and, despite the use of bright and lively colours, conveys a sense of threat and creates a dynamism of its own from which onlookers are unable to escape.