Impressions ART.FAIR 2016

Ironie des Schicksals

With his enormous multimedia installation entitled Ironie des Schicksals (2016), Cologne artist Bernd Reiter comments on the looming escalation of a new Cold War between the superpowers of Russia and the United States. In this work, two systems, two worlds and two ideologies collide. The scrapped yet menacing-looking Russian MiG-21 jet and the two jet-black, vintage American limousines, with their striking tail fins, have literally collided – catapulted into the here and now by a veritable swarm of flickering monitors with videos from regions in crisis today all over the world. A haunting memorial that not only references past grievances but is also growing more topical, lately in particular.

 

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Impressions ART.FAIR 2016

Ironie of Fate

With his enormous multimedia installation entitled Ironie des Schicksals (2016), Cologne artist Bernd Reiter comments on the looming escalation of a new Cold War between the superpowers of Russia and the United States. In this work, two systems, two worlds and two ideologies collide. The scrapped yet menacing-looking Russian MiG-21 jet and the two jet-black, vintage American limousines, with their striking tail fins, have literally collided – catapulted into the here and now by a veritable swarm of flickering monitors with videos from regions in crisis today all over the world. A haunting memorial that not only references past grievances but is also growing more topical, lately in particular.

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