«Wars represent an integral part of social life beginning with fights with stone axes in the Paleolitic to massive of today . With the development of civilization, nations - learning from their mistakes - came to an understanding of rights and the basic concepts of justice: Laws, both internal and international. They created practice of treaties and international conventions under the influence of the bitter consequences of war. However, dictatorship had been evolving as well as the law, but with much more sophisticated methods of suppression ensured by the modern intellectual level. The topic of the global evolution of dictatorship is represented in our art – in conceptual philosophical symbolism, in pictures with the power of signification, historical power and the force of epic dramatism.
The art works presented in the Series «Five Primary Elements of War or The Evolution of Dictatorship» are used as philosophical patterns, showing with the language of symbols something not expressible with words. With the help of art and brush we make an anatomical history cross-section, we try to access the depths of its processes, hidden from the eyes of ordinary people. We want to understand, why does power dominate over law so often … causes for wars and the evolution of dictatorship»...
Lecture «Five Primary Elements of War or The Evolution of Dictatorship». Daria Marchenko, Daniel Green, Seattle 24.04.2017.
Daria Marchenko, University of Washington, Seattle
Daria Marchenko
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