Peeter Allik
I Saw It (Down With the Government, Fuck the President)
| Artist: | Peeter Allik (1966 - 2019) |
| Title: | I Saw It (Down With the Government, Fuck the President) |
| Date: | 2000-2001 |
| Technique: Material: |
oil canvas with sythetic fibre |
| Height (cm): | 152.5 |
| Width (cm): | 400.0 |
| Description: | The painting that is part of a group of works titled “Radically Correct", depicts a dreamy surrealist scene with naked pregnant women. Few of them are wearing silly garments - track-suit bottoms, running shoes, hats or glasses - and they are all rushing somewhere in the mystical dim light. The picture bordering on the grotesque and metaphysical painting calls for a psychoanalytical interpretation, however the first half of the title does seem to refer to a dream. The bold political slogan in the subtitle is at first disarming. However if we think think about the political propaganda behind the background the aging of society and the fall of birthrates, the giving up of children in the name of survival in the early-capitalist society and the hypocritical concentration on family exploited in politics, we have gotten hold of the first thread. Except that in Allik's case we can never really be entirely sure who is laughing at whom. “I Saw It" earned the Konrad Mägi Award as a work of art that “depicts social processes ironically, declaring the return of realism in the grotesque." |
| Related categories: | Contemporary Art |
| Copyright notice: | Art Museum of Estonia |
| AME collection: | Paintings collection |
| Collection number: | M 7131 |
| Accretion number: | EKM j 49581 |
| Muis reference | https://testmuis.rik.ee/museaalView/1634468 |
| File info: |
Source type: slide 6x6/7/9 File type: TIF File size: 36.06MB Resolution: 5369*2346px @ 2700dpi |
