Silent War

Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm

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Everyday life can become the most merciless stage for denouncing the absurd. The artist creates a scene that blends reality and allegory, offering a lucid and unflinching reflection on the dehumanization of conflict. In front of a television broadcasting war as if it were entertainment, a figure eats fast food and changes channels with a remote control: indifference becomes an action. The hyperrealism with which the hands are rendered, the bullets replacing the French fries, the child silently crying on the screen — all contribute to a violent contrast between form and content. The bright color of the foreground clashes with the tragic grayness of the scene, creating a visual short circuit that strikes the viewer. There is no caption, only images. And yet, the message is unmistakable: in a world where suffering is turned into spectacle, empathy risks shutting down like a device with a single click. The artwork unsettles, compels us to look and to reflect.

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