Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) is internationally regarded as one of the leading painters of the 20th century. She coined and developed the notion of ’Körpergefühlsmalerei‘ (body awareness painting) through her practice of visually expressing the subjective feeling of the physical body.
"Scaffold of the Elites The Elite Is Always in Danger" stands out as one of her more abstract works, addressing themes of power and vulnerability. The artist brought a figure onto the canvas, simultaneously a torso and a gigantic mouth. The contours of the body evoke a mechanism that is under tension and could snap at any moment, depicting the represented elite ’in danger‘.