Das Ende (The End)

A.G.N.W.

Year2026

MediumDigital Artwork on Paper

Dimensions 30 × 30 cm

I took the most known picture of Munch's expressionism and symbolism - the Scream. I put a black Laibach's (Malevich's) cross onto the forehead of the screaming person, and put it (him/her) into the centre of the (now "my") picture. I emphasised the black and white colour-contrast. Then I added Malevich's suprematistic (basic geometric) elements of visual art - besside the cross also a circle (a white one) as a sun, and a triangle (a red one) as a blood carpet on the floor, with some extra black stripes, connecting this simbolic feature to the fatal reality. And there's, of course, the enigmatic (symbolic) name Laibach (with all its possible connotations and associations). In the back (up left on the lake) there's also added a verse of Laibach's song WAT (We Are Time) which says: "You will be left here all alone, with a static SCREAM, locked on your face!" Thus it is said to a walking man at the back whose companion (wo)man is not seen (anymore). With all these elements I made this picture "a new original".