“La Guerre” (War) by André Marchand showing a mother and child standing amongst the destruction of their town. Again we are witnessing the apparent blood thirst of world leaders who relish nothing more than bombing urban areas, destroying homes, shops, hospitals and schools, and killing by the thousands. Violence breeds violence. Did anyone ever make a country a better place by assassinations, murder and slaughter? The World Order, weak as it was, an attempt to reach ethical agreements to create International Law…..has been blown out of the water. Maybe art, like this one, and like “Guernica”, can reach us and stir us to stand up and say “Not in my name"
Last year at this time I visited the Musée Estrine in Saint Remy de Provence and saw an exhibition of the work of André Marchand, including this one, entitled “La Guerre” (War). I found it profoundly moving and it seems even more relevant today. (see more in “ALT”)
#makelovenotwar #notoviolence
