War and Peace

19.10.2024

Opening 18:00 Uhr

WELTRAUM

Schneidergasse 15, 1110 Wien

“War and Peace” is not an exhibition, but a cry, a cry in pictures.

It is a cry dedicated to people who have not seen peace since the day they were born. “War and Peace” is the history of humanity, which has sworn since the beginning to destroy its own species. The exhibition “War and Peace” compressed this history in the entrance and basement of Schneidergasse No. 15 in the 11th district of Vienna from October 19th to October 28th, 2024.

In the words of Hüseyin Işık: I have been at war since the day I was born.

The last century was the century of wars, massacres and genocides, this century is no different.

Sometimes the war is very close to me, sometimes a few streets away, but thanks to newspapers, television and social media, it is always right next to me.

The interior of my room, my studio, the bed I lay in, the streets I walked through, the places I went to - all of them were a battlefield for me.

But I am not a warrior. I neither give nor take orders.

I can only write and draw... Only when humanity ends will peace come.