Stark monochrome contrasts, evoking Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will. Shared on X in June 2025 amid Russia-Ukraine talks, it warns of resurgent authoritarian "wills" in Europe. Expressionist edges imply surveillance and suppressed dissent.
Thematic Depth: Warnung is a prescient alarm against hubris in international realpolitik, warning of "willing coalitions" devolving into authoritarian echoes. The 2019 painting ties to Theuninck's Berlin residency (he mentions a poisoned studio in related posts), where he grappled with Europe's resurgent nationalisms. In 2025's lens—post-Ukraine escalations and EU-Russia standoffs—it reads as a indictment of Western diplomacy's performative bluster. The "triumph" isn't victory but tragic farce: Europe's "coalition of the willing" mirrors the film's orchestrated rallies, now reduced to diplomatic slapstick. Theuninck's "lost truth" here is the cycle of history's repetition, where warnings (like his own censored queries) go unheeded.
sie sind zurück
finally you are back
back from never been away eine Braune Erde
back from never been away eine Braune Erde
© by Jan Theuninck
Das radikal Böse - 2013
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ L'ère du capitalisme de surveillance
Récemment, je suis passé devant trois "gardes de la ville" dans une grande ville belge (blouson rouge avec le nom de la ville de Mons dessus) quand l'un d'eux a crié : "extrémiste" et un autre s'est retourné avec un regard cinglant. La dictature nazie est apparemment en plein développement ! (sept.2024)
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