Norbert Bisky LON, 2025
Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm
Norbert Bisky's painting evokes torn posters and the oeuvre of the French post-World War II artists known as "affichistes" who celebrated that aesthetic. It is part of a series that draws on the artist's fascination with torn film posters at a cinema near his studio. The artist's depiction of two youthful figures, whose bodies are as fragmented as the posters, is combined with the partially visible parts that have announced past events, suggesting the fleetingness of urban life.