Human skeletons have been used as architectural decoration for centuries. Human bone art has been used to scare enemies or to commemorate the dead, as in the case of The Bone Church.
Artist Francois Robert is trying to make people aware of the consequences of violence. He uses art as his stage to voice his opinions, his medium; human bones. By arranging selected human bones into a collage, Robert creates an art work that is bizarre, yet powerful.
Symbols of War
Weapons such as hand guns, artillery tanks and hand grenades have become symbols of war and violence. In the pictures below Robert has carefully arranged human bones to create an image of these symbols. The last image of the word, “war”. The text is bold and the message plain, war is death.
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Causes of War
By using recognizable symbols such as the Nazi swastika or the Christian cross, the artist is able to point the result of war; death, at it’s cause. Many wars have been caused by the differences between two or more groups of people, whether these be religious, social, racial or cultural differences. By comparing the Christian cross to the Nazi swastika, Robert creates a controversial debate about the intent of both these societies.
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