The first innocent
impression is that of a beautiful baroque ceiling of a castle or
mansion.
However, upon closer inspection all the horrific details
of war are uncovered. Each golden
ornament depicts fire arms,
tanks, and munition, culminating in the colourful center into an
accumulation of corpses. Although the work thematizes the ongoing
war and terror around
the world, it is not about taking sides and
finding a guilty party. Soldiers, innocent bystanders,
males,
females, children, faceless representatives of every skin colour are
all thrown together
into one conglomeration of death. What the
work really questions is the role the arms industry
is playing in
the world-wide scenario. Each weapon and/or munition which is sold
contributes
toward a profit which is so enormous that it might be
characterized as “bathing in gold.” The
only happy faces seen
in the work, therefore, are those of the armed angels parading around
and controlling the structure.