ANDRÉ GOERITZ’ small paintings are slow to give up their secrets. The otherwise anony- mous landscapes are violently ruptured with explosive blasts that dominate the frame. Despite the diminutive scale of the work, certain forms suggest man-made structures and hint to the massive scale of these blasts, but all specificity is withheld. While the titles allude to narratives of unfulfilled promises and empty hope, we are given no clear resolution. Is this friend or foe, act of war or routine training exercise, military target or civilian, perhaps even an accidental industrial explosion? Absent these details our response may only expose our own prejudice about the methods of modern warfare.
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