The Broken Planet and The Excitement Planet Diptych, 2020

Zoltan Gerliczki  

In his series entitled “Broken Planet," Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets" based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, anger, anticipation, fear, loneliness, jealousy, disgust, trust, greed, joy, racism, and shame.
In these images, the artist works with various fragments of colored glass and other debris that he collected from the streets near his home in Atlanta during the COVID-19 quarantine and political protests. Zoltan assembles these pieces in his studio and re-photographs them to symbolize the current crisis of political and environmental problems. At this moment, the most pressing issues of our time concern ourselves and the future of our culture and our planet. In a sense, the artist takes the pieces and puts them back together to reconstruct a fragmented world.
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do nothing about it." -Albert Einstein

Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to the digital, constantly trying to create new art using the brain and technology. The artist frequently presents fragmented human and organic elements, filled with a plethora of colors and dreams reminiscent of classic references to Dutch masters such as Michelangelo or Dante.

From The broken planet Series
Individual Large size: 45 in H x 45 in W.
Individual small size: 20 in H x 20 in W.

The photographs in this series are sold individually or in any combination the customer desires (other sets suggested by the artist can be found on this sales page). Each image is produced in different sizes, and each size has its own edition. The edition number of each image in each size, for this set as well as others, may vary depending on the works sold at the time of ordering.