https://charlottedc.net/cms/files/original/5fd0f7c823bca96d8ea1e81eb53307dc.jpg 896aa7f60f2b40ef3a97f9f3948062dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artists Description An account of the resource Who were the artists who made some of the most recognizable public art in the former GDR? Surprisingly, they were not all from the GDR, and some even came from Western Europe. Why did they make their art? Learn about their lives and motivations. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Walter Womacka Subject The topic of the resource Walter Womacka, German (former GDR) artist Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patrick Pleul, photographer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived epa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 25, 2004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright epa Description An account of the resource Walter Womacka poses in front of his painting, <em>Wounded Bull</em> (1997), at a reception at Kunstarchiv Beeskow. The bull pieced with banderillas (decorated, barbed wooden sticks used by bullfighters) is a recurring motif in Womacka's paintings after 1990. The Coca-Cola logo on the side of the ring, the naked spectators, and the signs they hold demonstrate a critique of materialism, consumerism and the culture of excesses in a capitalist society.<br />Womacka received more state commissions from the GDR than perhaps any other artist and achieved international success. He loved the GDR until the end of his life.