Cold War

Text by Noel Cramer from:
"The Art of Ludek Pesek"

These are some of Pesek's works done during the early phases of the "cold war" between the Soviet Union and the West. They use moon landscapes as settings to symbolise various aspects of militarily enforced tyranny. For instance, a crater serving to enclose the cemetery of a prison camp, or to provide the amphitheatre for the audience at a hearing of an individual facing overwhelming power. The "military" discus thrower, who seems to be on the point of casting away the Earth, evokes the threat of nuclear conflict and its worldwide devastating consequences that was ever present in the collective perception of that time.

Warlord	Unearthly pleasures
Concentration	Garments make the man
Before the hearing	The game

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