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Clash of Civilizations - Osama bin Laden Painting

Werner Horvath

Austria

Painting, Oil on Other

Size: 31.5 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in

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Dominique Moisi, founder and Senior Advisor at the French Institute for International Relations and Professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw, writes in his essay "The Emotional Clash of Civilizations" (www.qantara.de): "The majority of Arabs may not support al-Qaeda, but they do not oppose it with all their heart. Instead, there is the temptation to regard Osama bin Laden as a type of violent Robin Hood, whose actions, while impossible to condone officially, have helped them to recover a sense of Arab pride and dignity. Here, perhaps, is the real clash of civilizations: the emotional conflict between the European culture of fear and the Muslim, particularly Arab, culture of humiliation. It would be dangerous to underestimate the depth of so wide an emotional divide, and to recognize its existence is the first step to overcoming it." ------------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Moisi, Gründungmitglied und Berater am Französischen Institut für Internationale Beziehungen und Professor am Europa-Kolleg in Warschau, schreibt in seinem Essay "Der emotionale Kampf der Kulturen" (www.qantara.de): "Die Mehrheit der Araber unterstützt die Al-Kaida vielleicht nicht, aber sie lehnen sie auch nicht aus tiefstem Herzen ab. Vielmehr besteht die Versuchung, Osama bin Laden als eine Art gewaltsamen Robin Hood zu sehen, dessen Aktionen zwar offiziell nicht geduldet werden können, die ihnen aber helfen, ein Gefühl des arabischen Stolzes und der Würde wieder zu finden. Hier liegt vielleicht der wahre Kampf der Kulturen: im emotionalen Konflikt zwischen der europäischen Kultur der Angst und der muslimischen - vor allem arabischen - Kultur der Erniedrigung. Es wäre gefährlich, die Tiefe dieser emotionalen Kluft zu unterschätzen und sie zu erkennen, ist der erste Schritt zu ihrer Überwindung."

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Painting:Oil on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:31.5 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in

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Werner Horvath - now working in Vienna, Linz and on the island of Crete (Greec) - was born in Linz, Austria in 1949 and has been painting since his youth. Beside this interest he studied medicine in Vienna and was a well known chief radiologist in Linz, specialising in interventional radiology. Horvath decided to leave the medical profession at the age of 50 and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. He opened a studio named "Villa Arte" in Kastellos on the island of Crete (Greece)2003 and his "Atelier Horvath" in Linz, Austria, where he works during the winter. His artistic style was taken from Phantastic Realism in the early years to New Constructivism in the later and more modern times. The term "New Constructivism" is taken from the philosophical theory and based on the works of Vico, Uexkll, Glasersfeld and Watzlawick, to name a few. The theoretical background is explained in detail by the artist in a stage play in form of a text-collage, called Jahrtausendwende - Die Theorie des neuen bildenden Konstruktivismus (in German). Horvath had tried to portray in his paintings, the reality we rely on is not so real at all. The world that we live in is understood only as we construct it ourselves. For example, colours only exist in our consciousness, therefore are not "real". The same is for objects and relationships. Finally they take into consideration the fact that we live in a symbolic world. Not only do we view Stalin as a Russian politician but also a symbol of dictatorship and cruelty. Horvath uses current political events at the inspiration for his work and often the colours and shapes used help to portray his opinion on our society.

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