Strasser & Lysssiotis, A Long Road, 2009.
lithograph and acrylic on Arches paper
94 x 119cm, edition of 5
“An artists’ book, paintings and works on paper, collaboratively produced by Theo Strasser and Peter Lyssiotis, present a reflection of political tension and global turmoil in many parts of the world. Wars that have raged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Lebanon, ongoing unrest in Chechnya, Palestine, Zimbabwe, East Timor, Sri Lanka and North Korea, and the all encompassing war on terror. During this period, Australian David Hicks was incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay without charge. Strasser and Lyssiotis have produced a powerful and emotive body of work in direct response to the media coverage of these events where horrific situations are reduced to catch-phrase headlines coupled with repetitive shock imagery that functions to dehumanise and desensitise us to the loss of human life. Theo Strasser is a painter, while Peter Lyssiotis is concerned with reproducing text and symbolic imagery. Through the process of collaboration each of these works has evolved into something unique that is far greater than the sum of its parts.” Exhibiting here
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