Violence begets Violence: Arthistory by Matej Kosir

In his series Arthistory Matej Kosir tackles the prevalence of violence in society.

History often shows us “that the winner of the violent conflict always has justified reasons to be violent, because he uses his dominance to (re)write the history” says Kosir.

Kosir aims to show “our contradictory relationship to the violence, namely the use of violence in order to control it (either to stop it or to prevent its reappearing).”

By taking noted paintings by artists like Delacroix, Goya and Manet and exerting his “dominance,” in this case book burning, Kosir adds his violent act to the never-ending mix.