Wane And Ruin (WAR) is a series of paintings on paper that evokes war, any war, a timeless and apparently inexorable phenomenon to which Humankind has always been exposed, at any time and in any place. 

The brownish colour (varnish on paper) of all the paintings recalls this colourless, muddy and monochrome tint that are the main features of all the cities destroyed by bombardments. Several visual "kinemes" are proposed in the drawings of the series: a falling movement, running, escape, a sensation of deflagration and deformation of the contours, or a threatening attitude, for instance. They try to recreate the major upheaval of the behaviours and the destruction of shapes that war situations generate.
They remind us that war is only wane and ruin.

Wood varnish (wax rustic oak tint); small spalter brush and pencil's square handle; A4 white paper (80g).

Clara Maïda, February 2018