Everyday life can be the most merciless stage for denouncing the absurd. The artist creates a scene that blends reality and allegory, offering a clear-eyed and raw 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: indifference becomes an action.
The hyperrealism with which the hands are rendered, the bullets in place of 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 depicted 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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Gian Mauro Sales Pandolfini