Ayman Baalbaki b. 1975
World in Conflict II, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
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This painting is taken from screen shots of an online video game, and shows the interconnectedness between the domestic setting and the physical violence in the world, a lived experience...
This painting is taken from screen shots of an online video game, and shows the interconnectedness between the domestic setting and the physical violence in the world, a lived experience familiar to Baalbaki, having experienced various wars and invasions in his native Lebanon. Ultra violent, with graphics increasingly realistic (if emotionally heightened), these digital images are as vivid as reality. They are a visual analogue to the sinister real “video games” played by military missile and drone operators.
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