This work is part of an ongoing cycle exploring ambivalent states of contemporary existence.
Title: Crossroads
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
Format: Portrait format (24 × 36 inches)
Colour Space: Golden-yellow ground with high-contrast areas of blue, black, red and green
Stylistic Classification: Geometric-symbolist figuration with constructive and surreal elements
„Crossroads“ depicts a divided human figure caught between order and disintegration. The left side represents control and creation, while the right side signals fragmentation and loss of orientation.
The Master of its Creation
In an affirmative reading, the human figure appears as a sovereign shaper of the artificial world. Clear forms and rhythmic order point to technology, architecture, and abstract thought as tools for structuring and mastering reality. The artificial functions as an extension of human capability.
The Loss of Control and Self
From a critical perspective, this balance collapses. Order dissolves, identity becomes fragile, and systems and information overwhelm the individual. Self-created structures escape control as former value systems lose their stability.
Conclusion
Crossroads keeps the tension between creative power and loss of control open — following the principle of the integrity of ambivalence.