Original artwork description:

In my painting, I draw inspiration from the French painter Eugène Delacroix and his groundbreaking work "Liberty Leading the People," which intensely depicts the bloody barricade struggles in Paris in July 1830. My work critically engages with the theme of revolution in today's globalized world, drawing comparisons.
In the past, the revolution was seen as an act of modernization and progress, a force that ultimately creates a better reality and lifts people out of misery. However, in contemporary times, we tend to view the revolution less positively. Its former enchantment seems to have faded, especially since the upheaval of 1989/90, which was associated with the idea of the end of history. Back then, global society seemed to have reached an advanced level, characterized by human rights, democracy, and a regulated market economy. The belief in uninterrupted progress appears somewhat outdated today.
Nevertheless, circumstances have rapidly changed since then, along with the understanding of revolution. Nowadays, we experience the revolution as a highly dangerous concept, one that tends to evoke something right-wing, something reactionary. This suggests that it does not signify progress but rather a regression into fatal, older, perhaps familiar pre-democratic times.

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