War Games

Zeitgeist, one of Francesc Abad’s first installations, was presented in 1985 at the Sala Muncunill in Terrassa. The title is a word that refers to the spirit of the time, which in Abad’s hands is here converted into an anti-war theme. The small plastic soldiers, tanks and other military material, sold inexpensively at a newsstand, enable him to construct a reflection on war and the arms race.

Rather than a mere use of war toys, the work refers to war become a simple game. The visual composition dialogues with the video, itself done using images of missiles and others from emblematic movies like Rambo and Blade Runner. It is accompanied by the music of Kurt Weil, the German-Jewish composer censured by Nazism who was exiled to the United States. 

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Comptar i numerar les pigues d’una part del braç per part dels assistents

1973/1992

Francesc Abad

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Acció d’encendre un cigarret Sèrie: Treball sobre els quatre elements: terra/aire/foc/aigua

1972

Francesc Abad

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Europa arqueologia de rescat

1989

Francesc Abad

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Auschwitz

1997

Francesc Abad

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Nòmines. El meu espai productiu / econòmic

1973 – 2009

Francesc Abad

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Sèrie “L’esperit de la utopia”

1988

Francesc Abad

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Davant / Darrere – Posició normal/ Posició anormal

1972/1992

Francesc Abad

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