Lars Stenchly

Riding forever Original

140cm x 110cm

Riding Forever depicts modern commanders riding cyborg horses across the wheat fields of Ukraine. Horses, traditionally symbols of old warfare, are here reimagined as machines — a metaphor for how the violence of the past is revived in contemporary form. The work explores the repetition of war throughout history and how historical narratives — particularly from World War II — are instrumentalized to justify new conflicts. Past and present merge into a continuous cycle of power, destruction, and ideological reuse.