BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 00:45:00
Yeah. and this theme of conflict is one that recurs a lot in your work and one particular idea you have is around, "who are you, soldier?" and you've got a painting of a featureless face of a soldier. and i wonder whether you feel that that is an idea that resonates very much today when we look at russian soldiers, for instance, fighting in ukraine. 0k. see, about the soldier, you know, there is a... you see, i grew up, i have friends who've gone to the army and become soldiers, and i became an artist. see, during the war, there was this idea of portraying the soldier as a killing machine. i t...