The Island Earth

ClickontheGooglePreviewimageabovetoreadsomepagesofthisbook!ThedisturbingandchallengingimageryinthisBerlin-basedartist'sworkispulledfromhistory,arthistoryandpopularculture.Hemakesithisowninavarietyofmediums,includingpainting,sculpture,drawing,collageandinstallation.SubjectsincludethesymbolsoftheThirdReich,comicbookheroesandsciencefictionscenes,acomplexanddiversesystemofsigns,removedfromthepopularlexiconanddistortedtopresentprovocativeandsubversiveparallels.Heisparticularlyinspiredbythe1930s,thedecadethatwitnessedGermany'stransitionfromtheWeimarRepublictoNationalSocialism,fromdemocracytototalitarianism,butwasalsomarkedbythedevelopmentoffilmasapowerfulnewtoolofmasscommunication.HeconfrontsthevisuallanguageofFascismwithsignsofModernism,withcomicstripsandfilm,inordertointerrogateitscharismaticpowerandsuperficiality.ThisIslandEarthincludescolorreproductionsofnumerousnewworks,includinga36-foot-longpainting,aswellassmallerpaintings,drawings,collageworks,sculpturesandbanners.