Micha is regarded as the prophetical admonisher of the 8th – 7th century BC, who aggressively accused the upper class of breaking the law and of greed.
The current reference to the present is clarified through apparently endless repetitions of his words (Micha 2.1-11) under which the struggle for heaven and hell takes place. Blue (color of the heavens) and white (purity, truth) together in all four directions against red (symbol of misused power).
A widespread symbol for Christ, a mark and declaration of the Christian faith is the fish: Greek IXOYS – ICHTHYS (if one vertically arranges the five Greek letters, it forms: Iesùs Christòs Theòu Yiòs Sotèr = Jesus Christ God’s son and savior). The fish as a symbol is shown here in the "incorrect" direction, symbolizes as such the consuming search for one’s own kind in the daily realities. The fish as a picture reflects the real maturity of the spectator and his (un)conscious wielding of power over himself and his surroundings (in the form of squares which are next to each other and on top of one another)
Original (laminated on a wooden board)
print on canvas
40 x 40 cm
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