Anthropocene X

Surface coal mine Bilina, Czech republic. Work from series "Anthropocene"

Mixed media : Asphalt, coal, oil painting, natural ochre and metalic pigments 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.

This work is one of the paintings in the Anthropocene series. The picture shows the landscape of the surface mine Bilina in Czechia, where brown coal is mined. This coal is then converted into electricity at a nearby power plant.  I collect coal from this area and used it into the picture. The brown colour is represented by synthetic asphalt, which is also produced by coal processing.  Metallic pigment refers to the artificial landscape and natural pigment to the rest of nature in it.