Uecker Gallery Guide Teenagers

Why Ash? Uecker created a series of pictures a few months after the nuclear power plant exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Poisonous ash rose into the air engulfing everything nearby. The wind carried the ash away, letting it fall on Hungary and then taking it further west. Both people and the natural environment were affected.

To make these pictures he spread glue and ordinary, non poisonous ash on the canvas and then lay down.

The placement and movement of his body allowed the shape of the figure to remain on the canvas.

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