I chose Otto Dix’s art “The War Triptych”, since we can see the realism that existed in the time of war. A German artist, who was in the first world war, tried to give the reflections that he witnessed in reality but doing it in an artistic activist way. It is said that he was one of the first artists to be expelled from the Academy for simply doing very realistic, disgusting and dark art. But that is the reason why he does this kind of art, because he feels the need to show the reality of things. He did not try to embellish or show the beautiful things that a war brings, but rather he shows all the bad that it can bring to the country and to all people. Dix created these arts as a redemption to which he denounced the atrocities of wars, if we look at the painting and look at all the soldiers who gave their lives in a senseless war. Everything that all those people had to go through, who had no choice but to fight and defend their country. I understand that many times art is being able to see things beyond the sadness, but I feel that Dix did a great job in being able to show us the bad side of things. Many times we will just want to forget the atrocities, when in part I feel that we can learn from them so as not to repeat them or maybe just to avoid things.
this is a beautiful painting you picked up! I love the details and the meaning behind the painting. He shouldn’t be expelled for painting arts that are dark, dark art expresses more and tells a story behind dark and disturbing arts.
Hi Food Zheng,
I really like the art that you chose! It’s incredibly detailed and I think it represents the ideas that you explained very well. Great job exploring this piece!
Hey Food, This painting was a beautiful choice. It’s important that he chose to share the truth about the war. I think wars are often glamorized because they want to convince people that wars are good and that they’re worth sacrificing their lives for. They can’t hide the bad because it’s part of our history.
Hi Food, this was a great piece to choose it represents so much pain and him being expelled is exactly how patriarchy shuts down what they don’t want us to see or hear works because why be upset he is portraying what was once and can still be a reality