Wojciech Sobczyk
Zahl l Betender Knabe
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Zahl I Batender Knabe
2022,
drawing on paper,
230 x 97 cm
The work “Zahl l Betender Knabe” refers to the Glass Man, an exhibit from the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. However, instead of displaying veins and arteries, Sobczyk’s man reveals interwoven branches of plants. This metaphorical representation of weeds in the artist’s narrative symbolizes the Holocaust and exemplifies the dehumanizing rhetoric of Nazi eugenics. The lush branches accent the connection between humans and nature, while also emphasizing the chaotic and uncontrollable aspects within human beings.
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Photo by Edyta Dufaj