Art is the Solution

Atomic Vacation Source:  RVA Mag For some reason or another, humans seem to be obsessed with the idea of the apocalypse. Western culture, for example, is full of writings and images that explore the concept of the end times. They are particularly prevalent in Christian art, and Western art is full of such imagery, which is usually inspired by the biblical book of revelations. The four horsemen of the apocalypse are a particularly common motif. Ever since the German artist Albrecht Dürer created the first modern image of the horsemen, it has been a popular subject for Western subjects. Atomic Vacation is a modern day take on this apocalyptic art. The artist, Todd Schorr, stated in an interview that the painting was inspired by the “Duck and Cover” nuclear threat drills that he endured as a child in the 1950s and 1960s. In Atomic Vacation , he combines this childhood sense of foreboding with some stereotypical imagery of the time period. Here, we see the four horsemen of the apocal...