they involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
Gustav Klimt used red, black and yellow quite often, which gave these paintings a rather Byzantine look. These colors were used in ancient Greece a lot, because that was what was available to them, and the Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of Greece that remained after it fell. Temporarily at least...
Nathalie Djurberg contrasts the medium of <u>stop-motion animation</u>, often used for children's movies, with violent subject matter.
Given that Nathalie Djurberg is a contemporary artist known for extravagant and rather quirky art, she found her inspiration in these kinds of oxymorons, or bringing together parts that are often mutually exclusive. So she used something that is usually associated with something aimed towards children to show more violent and mature themes.
