Anthropocene IX

Tailing pond of deep coal mine Darkov, Czech republic. Work from series "Anthropocene"

Mixed media : Asphalt, coal, reed, oil and metalic pigment on canvas. 

In the cycle "Anthropocene" I deal with the relationship between man and the landscape. I deal with the ability, that human society has acquired over the last few centuries, the ability to transform the landscape to human needs on a vast scale, often regardless of the possible consequences of that transformation. This transformation of the landscape then changes not only its external appearance, but ultimately also the functioning of the landscape within the vast territories and on the entire planet Earth. If it's good or bad, I leave it for the viewer to decide for now.

The picture shows the landscape of the mine waters from the coal mine Darkov in Moravian Silesia. The picture contains partially the materials from this area as the coal and reed. Brown colours are painted by synthetic asphalt, which originates as one of the products of coal processing. The misty atmosphere of this place is created with the support of metallic pigment.