William Krüg

Pastoral Scene With the God of your Choice Casually Tossing a Bomb - Painting

2024

Some time ago I read a short biography of Leon Trotsky and was impressed by his role in the Russian Revolution. Eventually the Bolsheviks came to be controlled by the larger psychop...

This painting was inspired by my attempts to understand the feelings of young Black men who I would see on public transportation going to and from classes or jobs. I admired their fortitude in attempting to fit into a society that expresses such irrational hatred and fear of them. My "Saint Anthony" is tempted by a gun, unlike the legendary "Saint Anthony" who was tempted by sex. The destructive Clarence Thomas and George Zimmerman are lower right. We've backed Black men into a corner where drug dealing is one of the few options open for their survival. Although Blacks and Whites abuse drugs at the same rate, the so called "War on Drugs" is only enforced on Blacks. The action takes place in Millennium Park in Chicago. Part of the Plensa Fountain is reimagined as a memorial to Richard M. Daley, whose ethically dubious parking meter deal only benefits the rich, and not the city. William Krüg Temptation of Saint Anthony...

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“Allégorie du trou noir”. Oil on canvas, 2017.

 Unique work, in which the artist adopts a figurative language characterised by strong realism and references to the Renaissance. Si...

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One of a kind mixed-media collage on canvas by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for ar...