The artwork titled “Loading cities” by artist Jacek Yerka falls under the art movement of Surrealism and is characterized as a symbolic painting.
The artwork depicts a fantastical cityscape that appears to be in a state of construction or deconstruction. A dense congregation of medieval-style buildings, replete with turrets, towers, and gabled roofs, is set against a serene, natural landscape with a river meandering through green fields. The meticulous detail in the architecture contrasts sharply with the left side of the composition, where the structures seem to disintegrate into scattered pieces and unassembled elements, suggesting a process of assembling or disassembling. The juxtaposition of the detailed city and the fragmented, almost digital-like disintegration imparts a sense of surreal and symbolic transformation, characteristic of Yerka’s imaginative surrealism.
