Manifesta 9 – Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces consists of a series of 6 pictures and a video. This is an artwork by the Croatian artist Igor Grubic, who was inspired by real events.
This work consists of a documentary video with footage of a miners’ strike in Belgrade and a series of photographs inspired by the archetypal figure of the heroic worker and by Wim Wender’s film Wings of Desire.
What struck me with these pictures, was the expression on these men’s faces: the hard labor, the suffering, the poverty, the sadness, …
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Those are really interesting
And confronting…
Striking portraits! And yes….confronting.
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