Guerrier au champ de bataille2023195 x 135 cm
Acrylic on canvas
With Guerrier au champ de bataille, Agram revisits the iconography of the combatant, no longer as a heroic figure, but as a derisory being, isolated in the immensity of the battle he is about to wage. Far from the monumental representations of medieval horsemen or ancient warriors, this soldier advances armed only with a stick and a tiny shield, as if unaware himself of the magnitude of the struggle ahead. The painting is based on an absurdity that evokes the figures of soldiers in ancient frescoes, sometimes reduced to stylized silhouettes, as if obliterated by the grandeur of the myth they serve. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
With Guerrier au champ de bataille, Agram revisits the iconography of the combatant, no longer as a heroic figure, but as a derisory being, isolated in the immensity of the battle he is about to wage. Far from the monumental representations of medieval horsemen or ancient warriors, this soldier advances armed only with a stick and a tiny shield, as if unaware himself of the magnitude of the struggle ahead. The painting is based on an absurdity that evokes the figures of soldiers in ancient frescoes, sometimes reduced to stylized silhouettes, as if obliterated by the grandeur of the myth they serve. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)