"Ghost game", size 150X190cm, oil on canvas
Questioning the picture "Ghost game"2021
A) What are the people in the picture doing?
In the countryside near Monrovia/Liberia, a person has died of Ebola. The body is lying in this body bag. Friends, relatives and acquaintances accompany the deceased to his final resting place.
B) Why are most of those accompanying him wearing football shirts?
They symbolize the spread of Ebola (Liberia) in Africa and Covid-19 in the rest of the world (Wuhan FC, Atalanta Bergamo, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain, Arsenal London, New York City and national jerseys Brazil and Liberia) by football clubs.
C) Why is the scene taking place in a football stadium?
During the pandemic, all sporting events, including football, were forbidden, so the pitch is a red restricted area. However, the poeple who look like players at first glance are not and leave the pitch. They are simple people from the village who have dreams: A lot of young African wants to play in a European football team. The picture is therefore also a projection of dreams.
D) Why do the three corpse bearers representing the continents of Africa (Liberia), Asia (Wuhan) and Europe (Bergamo) wear red beaks?
They quote the Venetian plague doctors from 14th to 17th century. The length of the noses protects the doctors from the plague pathogens. They make a historical reference to the topic of epidemics.
E) What does the small picture in the background mean?
It is the Lamentation of Christ, a fresco by Giotto from 1300 from the Arena Chapel in Padua. Like the Mother of God, Mary Magdalene and the disciples mourn for Jesus, the people of Monrovia mourn for their friend, which is why the scene can be be interpreted as a modern lamentation of Christ.
F) Why is there a "flying fox" hanging in the stadium?
The Ebola virus and the Covid-19 virus were both found on the flying fox. However, it is immune to these viruses. The flying fox turns the world upside down.
In the countryside near Monrovia/Liberia, a person has died of Ebola. The body is lying in this body bag. Friends, relatives and acquaintances accompany the deceased to his final resting place.
B) Why are most of those accompanying him wearing football shirts?
They symbolize the spread of Ebola (Liberia) in Africa and Covid-19 in the rest of the world (Wuhan FC, Atalanta Bergamo, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain, Arsenal London, New York City and national jerseys Brazil and Liberia) by football clubs.
C) Why is the scene taking place in a football stadium?
During the pandemic, all sporting events, including football, were forbidden, so the pitch is a red restricted area. However, the poeple who look like players at first glance are not and leave the pitch. They are simple people from the village who have dreams: A lot of young African wants to play in a European football team. The picture is therefore also a projection of dreams.
D) Why do the three corpse bearers representing the continents of Africa (Liberia), Asia (Wuhan) and Europe (Bergamo) wear red beaks?
They quote the Venetian plague doctors from 14th to 17th century. The length of the noses protects the doctors from the plague pathogens. They make a historical reference to the topic of epidemics.
E) What does the small picture in the background mean?
It is the Lamentation of Christ, a fresco by Giotto from 1300 from the Arena Chapel in Padua. Like the Mother of God, Mary Magdalene and the disciples mourn for Jesus, the people of Monrovia mourn for their friend, which is why the scene can be be interpreted as a modern lamentation of Christ.
F) Why is there a "flying fox" hanging in the stadium?
The Ebola virus and the Covid-19 virus were both found on the flying fox. However, it is immune to these viruses. The flying fox turns the world upside down.
G) What is behind the color and structural relationship between the "flying fox" and the body bag?
Beginning and end of an infection?
H) What does the light blue disk at the top of the picture mean?
Is it a soccer ball without a game?
Is it the moon in the night sky?
Is it a "masked ball" symbolizing the global pandemic?
I) What does the sentence on the band mean?
This is a haiku, a Japanese three-line poem with the following statement:
The nightingale sings
this hopeful song
in the hour of farewell...
The nightingale stands for the lovers (Romeo & Juliet), protects the sick and accompanies the dead safely into the realm of the dead.
J) Why is the corner flag here a plant?
The "annual weed" (Erigeron annuus) is an invasive neophyte that is spreading uncontrollably in Europe, like Covid-19 around the globe.
K) Who is the elderly gentleman with his hand raised and the Chinese labeled cap?
He is a memorial to the Chinese journalist who was the the first journalist to visit hospitals in Wuhan and wrote about the new Corona virus and has since disappeared.
L) How many people have died from Covid-19 and Ebola?
From Covid-10: 6.8 million
From Ebola in Liberia and West Africa: 13,500
«Geisterspiel» 190x150cm, oil on canvas, from 16 November – 8 December 2024 at the International Exhibition for Contemporary Art: ART LAGUNA PRIZE, Arsenal Nord, Venice
Beginning and end of an infection?
H) What does the light blue disk at the top of the picture mean?
Is it a soccer ball without a game?
Is it the moon in the night sky?
Is it a "masked ball" symbolizing the global pandemic?
I) What does the sentence on the band mean?
This is a haiku, a Japanese three-line poem with the following statement:
The nightingale sings
this hopeful song
in the hour of farewell...
The nightingale stands for the lovers (Romeo & Juliet), protects the sick and accompanies the dead safely into the realm of the dead.
J) Why is the corner flag here a plant?
The "annual weed" (Erigeron annuus) is an invasive neophyte that is spreading uncontrollably in Europe, like Covid-19 around the globe.
K) Who is the elderly gentleman with his hand raised and the Chinese labeled cap?
He is a memorial to the Chinese journalist who was the the first journalist to visit hospitals in Wuhan and wrote about the new Corona virus and has since disappeared.
L) How many people have died from Covid-19 and Ebola?
From Covid-10: 6.8 million
From Ebola in Liberia and West Africa: 13,500
«Geisterspiel» 190x150cm, oil on canvas, from 16 November – 8 December 2024 at the International Exhibition for Contemporary Art: ART LAGUNA PRIZE, Arsenal Nord, Venice
"Ghost game", size 150X190cm, oil on canvas
Questioning the picture "Ghost game"2021
A) What are the people in the picture doing?
In the countryside near Monrovia/Liberia, a person has died of Ebola. The body is lying in this body bag. Friends, relatives and acquaintances accompany the deceased to his final resting place.
B) Why are most of those accompanying him wearing football shirts?
They symbolize the spread of Ebola (Liberia) in Africa and Covid-19 in the rest of the world (Wuhan FC, Atalanta Bergamo, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain, Arsenal London, New York City and national jerseys Brazil and Liberia) by football clubs.
C) Why is the scene taking place in a football stadium?
During the pandemic, all sporting events, including football, were forbidden, so the pitch is a red restricted area. However, the poeple who look like players at first glance are not and leave the pitch. They are simple people from the village who have dreams: A lot of young African wants to play in a European football team. The picture is therefore also a projection of dreams.
D) Why do the three corpse bearers representing the continents of Africa (Liberia), Asia (Wuhan) and Europe (Bergamo) wear red beaks?
They quote the Venetian plague doctors from 14th to 17th century. The length of the noses protects the doctors from the plague pathogens. They make a historical reference to the topic of epidemics.
E) What does the small picture in the background mean?
It is the Lamentation of Christ, a fresco by Giotto from 1300 from the Arena Chapel in Padua. Like the Mother of God, Mary Magdalene and the disciples mourn for Jesus, the people of Monrovia mourn for their friend, which is why the scene can be be interpreted as a modern lamentation of Christ.
F) Why is there a "flying fox" hanging in the stadium?
The Ebola virus and the Covid-19 virus were both found on the flying fox. However, it is immune to these viruses. The flying fox turns the world upside down.
In the countryside near Monrovia/Liberia, a person has died of Ebola. The body is lying in this body bag. Friends, relatives and acquaintances accompany the deceased to his final resting place.
B) Why are most of those accompanying him wearing football shirts?
They symbolize the spread of Ebola (Liberia) in Africa and Covid-19 in the rest of the world (Wuhan FC, Atalanta Bergamo, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain, Arsenal London, New York City and national jerseys Brazil and Liberia) by football clubs.
C) Why is the scene taking place in a football stadium?
During the pandemic, all sporting events, including football, were forbidden, so the pitch is a red restricted area. However, the poeple who look like players at first glance are not and leave the pitch. They are simple people from the village who have dreams: A lot of young African wants to play in a European football team. The picture is therefore also a projection of dreams.
D) Why do the three corpse bearers representing the continents of Africa (Liberia), Asia (Wuhan) and Europe (Bergamo) wear red beaks?
They quote the Venetian plague doctors from 14th to 17th century. The length of the noses protects the doctors from the plague pathogens. They make a historical reference to the topic of epidemics.
E) What does the small picture in the background mean?
It is the Lamentation of Christ, a fresco by Giotto from 1300 from the Arena Chapel in Padua. Like the Mother of God, Mary Magdalene and the disciples mourn for Jesus, the people of Monrovia mourn for their friend, which is why the scene can be be interpreted as a modern lamentation of Christ.
F) Why is there a "flying fox" hanging in the stadium?
The Ebola virus and the Covid-19 virus were both found on the flying fox. However, it is immune to these viruses. The flying fox turns the world upside down.
G) What is behind the color and structural relationship between the "flying fox" and the body bag?
Beginning and end of an infection?
H) What does the light blue disk at the top of the picture mean?
Is it a soccer ball without a game?
Is it the moon in the night sky?
Is it a "masked ball" symbolizing the global pandemic?
I) What does the sentence on the band mean?
This is a haiku, a Japanese three-line poem with the following statement:
The nightingale sings
this hopeful song
in the hour of farewell...
The nightingale stands for the lovers (Romeo & Juliet), protects the sick and accompanies the dead safely into the realm of the dead.
J) Why is the corner flag here a plant?
The "annual weed" (Erigeron annuus) is an invasive neophyte that is spreading uncontrollably in Europe, like Covid-19 around the globe.
K) Who is the elderly gentleman with his hand raised and the Chinese labeled cap?
He is a memorial to the Chinese journalist who was the the first journalist to visit hospitals in Wuhan and wrote about the new Corona virus and has since disappeared.
L) How many people have died from Covid-19 and Ebola?
From Covid-10: 6.8 million
From Ebola in Liberia and West Africa: 13,500
«Geisterspiel» 190x150cm, oil on canvas, from 16 November – 8 December 2024 at the International Exhibition for Contemporary Art: ART LAGUNA PRIZE, Arsenal Nord, Venice
Beginning and end of an infection?
H) What does the light blue disk at the top of the picture mean?
Is it a soccer ball without a game?
Is it the moon in the night sky?
Is it a "masked ball" symbolizing the global pandemic?
I) What does the sentence on the band mean?
This is a haiku, a Japanese three-line poem with the following statement:
The nightingale sings
this hopeful song
in the hour of farewell...
The nightingale stands for the lovers (Romeo & Juliet), protects the sick and accompanies the dead safely into the realm of the dead.
J) Why is the corner flag here a plant?
The "annual weed" (Erigeron annuus) is an invasive neophyte that is spreading uncontrollably in Europe, like Covid-19 around the globe.
K) Who is the elderly gentleman with his hand raised and the Chinese labeled cap?
He is a memorial to the Chinese journalist who was the the first journalist to visit hospitals in Wuhan and wrote about the new Corona virus and has since disappeared.
L) How many people have died from Covid-19 and Ebola?
From Covid-10: 6.8 million
From Ebola in Liberia and West Africa: 13,500
«Geisterspiel» 190x150cm, oil on canvas, from 16 November – 8 December 2024 at the International Exhibition for Contemporary Art: ART LAGUNA PRIZE, Arsenal Nord, Venice