Erik Kessels | Shit

The provocative gaze of Kessels is addresses to the Second World War and chooses to put on display “a daily and unpleasant aspect”: Despite the horror and chaos of conflict some aspects of daily life continue, even on the battlefield. If dignity can be lost in extreme situations, it is also true that the war is “Shit” and that the title of the exhibition is more than allusive: ” There is no dignity in war, no modesty either “.

This is the message that the versatile Dutch author, avid collector of photographs recovered from stalls and flea markets, wants to convey using the usual irony.