Anthropocene XIV

This is the one of the works from the cycle "Anthropocene", which depicts one of the largest European kaolin mine in Horní Bříza in the Czech Republic. The technological capabilities, that human society has acquired in the last few centuries allow the reshaping of landscape units for our own needs on a massive scale. Often regardless of the possible consequences. The reshaping of the landscape then changes not only its external appearance, but ultimately also the behavior of the flora and fauna, which is either completely destroyed or partly adapted within large landscape areas. This change affects biological and geological processes not only in a given location, but on the entire planet. And this with a negative impact on human society. I create some paintings from the "Anthropocene" cycle using a combined technique by bringing characteristic material (coal, local sediments, pigments, etc.) from the depicted locality, which I incorporate into the painting together with other materials such as synthetic asphalt, ash, coffee and natural pigments . The resulting image is then created using a combined technique, where materials from the area help complete the authenticity of the image. This painting is created by applying authentic, variously colored raw kaolin clays to canvas on board. The used kaolin is collected directly in the mine shown. The sky is painted with interior wall paint, which is made on the basis of kaolin, which comes from these kaolin mines. A blue tint color is added. The lake in the foreground is then created with synthetic asphalt and coal dust.